Clinical Lab Scientist Southwest Facility

Founded in 1910, Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital is a 229-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Bakersfield, California. Serving nearly 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II NICU, cancer care, women’s health, and orthopedics. Additionally, Mercy Hospital Downtown & Mercy Hospital Southwest have been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. They are both Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Centers. Mercy Hospital Downtown offers the only inpatient Oncology Unit in Bakersfield while Mercy Hospital Southwest has the only Obstetric Emergency Department in Bakersfield.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Position Summary:

Under the direction of the Laboratory Supervisor, CLS performs moderate and high complexity testing in areas of Blood Bank, Chemistry, Coagulation, Hematology, Microbiology, Serology and Urinalysis following established laboratory procedures for specimen handling, processing, analysis and result reporting for patient specimens. The Clinical Laboratory Scientist may be required to rotate in other departments, work weekends and Holidays and cover other shifts as supervisor determines need.

Minimum Requirements:

• CA Clinical Lab Scientist
• Must have the ability to speak, read and write English

 Preferred Skills:

• One year acute care hospital experience preferred
• Above average communication and organizational skills
• Ability to adapt to workload demands and function efficiently during difficult or emergency situations
• Ability to maintain and operate laboratory equipment
• Familiarity with medical terminology, basic computer terminology and data entry skills
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions
• American Society Clinical Path (CT ASCP)