Clinical Lab Scientist - Blood Bank
Orange, CA
Bestica
4x10 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

3427535

🩸 Travel Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) – Blood Bank

Location: Orange, California
Contract: 13 Weeks
Start Date: September 15, 2026
Shift: Nights | 4×10s | 9:30 PM–7:30 AM
Specialty: Clinical Laboratory – Blood Bank
Weekend Requirement: Rotating weekends and holidays
Call: None
Floating: None
First-Time Travelers: Not accepted

🌟 Why You’ll Love This Assignment

Join a high-acuity, Magnet-designated acute care hospital with approximately 426 staffed beds and a fast-paced clinical laboratory environment. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Blood Bank CLS/Medical Technologist who enjoys working independently and is confident handling high-volume transfusion services.

• High-volume Blood Bank environment with approximately 30–50 samples per day
• Frequent Type & Screen and Crossmatch testing
• Work independently on the night shift with confidence
• Epic Beaker laboratory information system
• Experience with WellSky and Immucor instrumentation preferred
• Free parking
• No floating
• No on-call requirement
• Opportunity to work within a large, high-acuity hospital setting
• COVID-19 vaccination not required

🔬 Key Responsibilities

The CLS will perform a broad range of Blood Bank and clinical laboratory functions while maintaining strict quality, safety, and patient-identification standards.

Blood Bank / Transfusion Services

• ABO/Rh typing and antibody screening & identification
• AHG crossmatching
• Immediate-spin and IgG crossmatching
• Electronic crossmatching
• Antibody identification and typing
• Antigen typing
• Direct antiglobulin testing (DAT/Direct Coombs)
• Indirect Coombs testing
• Cold agglutinin testing
• Rhogam screening
• Cord blood evaluation
• Blood product thawing, cooling, storage and handling
• Transfusion reaction workups
• Component modification
• Blood specimen processing and accessioning

Laboratory Operations

• Accurate specimen receipt, collection, labeling and transport
• Pipetting and specimen handling
• Reporting laboratory test results
• Maintaining proper blood specimen storage conditions
• Following quality assurance and quality control procedures
• Proper hazardous material handling and disposal
• Compliance with transmission-based precautions and laboratory safety standards
• Maintaining accurate patient identification throughout the testing and transfusion process

💻 Technology & Equipment

Required:

• Epic experience
• Blood Bank software experience
• Strong computer skills

Preferred:

• Epic Beaker
• WellSky
• Immucor instrumentation
• Immucor automation
• Blood Bank software/automation experience

✅ Required Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of Clinical Laboratory Scientist experience
• Recent/current Blood Bank experience required
• Multiple previous travel assignments in Blood Bank required
• Seasoned traveler – first-time travelers are not accepted
• Large hospital experience required (300+ beds)
• Experience in a high-volume Blood Bank environment
• Trauma Level I experience required
• Trauma Level II experience required
• Epic experience required
• Must be comfortable working independently on nights
• Must be able to confidently manage high-volume Blood Bank responsibilities with minimal supervision
• ASCP-BB certification required
• Clinical Immunohematology Scientist certification preferred
• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• Community hospital experience preferred

🏥 Work Environment

• Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital
• Magnet-designated facility
• Approximately 426 staffed beds
• Patient Population: Adults
• Laboratory Setting: Hospital Clinical Laboratory
• High-volume Blood Bank / Transfusion Services
• 30–50 samples per day
• Significant Type & Screen and Crossmatch volume
• Fully independent overnight workflow

🗓️ Schedule Details

• 4×10-hour night shifts
• Regular start time: 9:30 PM
• Start time may flex to approximately 8:00 PM based on operational needs
• Rotating weekends and holidays
• Weekend coverage may occasionally exceed every-other-weekend based on department needs
• No scheduled call
• No floating
• Scheduling requests related to outside employment cannot be accommodated
• Any requested time off must be submitted at the time of application

📋 Important Submission Notes

This position has strict experience requirements. Candidates must meet all hard-stop qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience
• Recent Blood Bank experience
• Multiple Blood Bank travel assignments
• Large hospital experience (300+ beds)
• Trauma Level I experience
• Epic experience
• Blood Bank software experience
• ASCP-BB certification

Clinicians will work independently overnight, so strong Blood Bank competency and the ability to make sound decisions without direct supervision are essential.

Interview availability during Pacific Time business hours should be provided at submission.

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Enjoy the best of Southern California while working a rewarding travel assignment in Orange County. Orange offers easy access to beaches, entertainment, dining, outdoor recreation and major Southern California destinations—making it an attractive location for both work and adventure.

If you're an experienced Blood Bank traveler ready for a high-volume, independent night-shift assignment, this is an opportunity worth exploring!