Description
We are seeking a Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS) – Automated Chemistry to join IQVIA Laboratories at Valencia, CA.
As a Clinical Lab Scientist, you will provide professional and technical expertise to perform automated and manual clinical laboratory testing within the Automated Chemistry area, ensuring accurate and timely results that support clinical research and patient care.
Responsibilities:
- Perform and report automated and manual clinical laboratory testing with minimal supervision
- Verify quality control results and release laboratory results in accordance with licensing and regulatory requirements
- Maintain laboratory inventory, prepare reagents, and ensure equipment and testing materials are available for daily operations
- Troubleshoot laboratory processes and communicate testing irregularities that may impact results
- Support assay validations, assay improvements, and implementation of new testing configurations
- Maintain compliance with CLIA, CAP, GCLP, safety, quality, and company procedures
- Participate in audits, inspections, continuing education, and training activities
- Support special projects and other laboratory responsibilities as assigned
Requirements:
- Valid Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) license required
- Bachelor's Degree required
- Up to 5 years of relevant experience in a regulated laboratory
- Working knowledge of Good Clinical Laboratory Practices (GCLP), CLIA requirements, and applicable regulatory standards
- Proficiency with complex laboratory testing procedures, laboratory instrumentation, and quality control processes
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong technical knowledge of clinical laboratory procedures, troubleshooting techniques, and laboratory safety practices
- Effective organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Strong attention to detail and ability to establish productive working relationships with coworkers, managers, and clients
Physical Demands: Ability to lift up to 50 lbs, frequent standing and walking, occasional sitting, close eye work requirement (computer, typing, reading small prints).
What We Offer: We put our employees at the center of everything we do and are committed to providing them, and their families, with benefits that meet their diverse and changing needs. We invest in integrated benefits programs and resources to take care of our employees' physical, mental and emotional, financial and social well-being so they can thrive at home and at work, at any stage of their well-being journey.
The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $46,200.00 - $96,200.00.