Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Cls I, Clinical Lab
About the job
- At least one year of work experience performing high-complexity testing in hematology, chemistry, blood bank, and microbiology, or training through an approved internship program.
- Comprehensive training or work experience covering all areas of the clinical laboratory.
- A Bachelor's degree in biological science, chemical science, physical science, biological science, Medical Laboratory Technology, or an equivalent field from an accredited institution, or other education meeting California Title 17, Section 1032 requirements for a Clinical Laboratory Scientist generalist.
- A current and valid California state license.
- Perform waived, moderate, and highly complex laboratory tests authorized under applicable California laws and regulations.
- Follow laboratory procedures for the collection, processing, analysis, and reporting of patient test results.
- Follow quality-control policies and document corrective actions when test systems deviate from established performance specifications.
- Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance and correct them or immediately notify the appropriate supervisor, director, or medical director.
- Perform manual and automated laboratory procedures in hematology, blood bank, chemistry, urinalysis, coagulation, microbiology, immunology, and other laboratory disciplines introduced by the laboratory.
- Perform and document daily, weekly, monthly, or as-needed maintenance on instruments and equipment.
- Review the accuracy of patient results before releasing or reporting them.
- Recognize age-specific differences in expected results from newborns through geriatric patients.
- Test proficiency-testing samples in the same manner as patient samples and avoid collaboration with other laboratories before reporting results to the appropriate agencies.
- Perform venipuncture or capillary puncture on patients from newborn through geriatric age groups when required.
- Assist in developing and maintaining laboratory policies and procedures.
- Follow department and hospital policies and procedures related to safety, infection control, emergency preparedness, and human resources.
- Serve as Lead Tech for a section or department during the shift when assigned in the absence of a supervisor.
- Perform assigned point-of-care testing responsibilities.
- Complete other tasks assigned by the department manager or director.
About the company
Prime Healthcare operates a network of hospitals and outpatient centers across the United States, focusing on turning around financially distressed facilities. It does this by investing in infrastructure and technology, restructuring operations, and negotiating payer terms, including higher out-of-network reimbursements when needed. The system includes for-profit hospitals and not-for-profit facilities run by the Prime Healthcare Foundation, with 51 hospitals and 360+ outpatient locations in 14 states. Its goal is to stabilize and improve financial and clinical performance to continue serving communities.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
Debt Financing
Total Funding
$2.2B
Headquarters
Ontario, California
Founded
2001
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What believers are saying
- Prime completed Central Maine Healthcare on February 16, 2026, expanding to Maine.
- Prime invested more than $104 million across eight Illinois hospitals during 2025-2026.
- Prime announced $150 million for Central Maine Healthcare over five years.
What critics are saying
- NLRB blocked Saint Francis Evanston's September 17, 2026 union election after unfair-labor allegations.
- Prime is suspending OB care at Joliet, Aurora, and Chicago on October 1, 2026.
- Illinois regulators halt future deals after 2026 OB cuts, starving Prime's acquisition pipeline.
What makes Prime Healthcare unique
- Prime specializes in rescuing distressed hospitals, reaching 55 hospitals by May 8, 2026.
- Prem Reddy pairs for-profit turnaround discipline with Prime Healthcare Foundation nonprofit ownership.
- Prime concentrates on underserved community hospitals, then invests rapidly after acquisitions.
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↑ 24%Joliet nurses fight hospital downsizing. October 1, 2026 Nurses in Joliet, Illinois fight job cuts. Fight Back! News Joliet, IL - Dozens of nurses and their supporters rallied in the pouring rain September 30 to call attention to Prime Healthcare's closing of the Obstetrics and Special Care Nursery departments at Saint Joseph Hospital in Joliet, Illinois. Prime Healthcare is a nationwide "for-profit" corporation that is known for eliminating services that are not making enough money. These cuts affect working-class poor people the most. Since acquiring Saint Joseph in March 2025, Prime has closed the inpatient pediatric unit, closed a 30-bed acute care for the elderly unit for a year, closed the post-surgical unit and is seeking to permanently close pediatric inpatient services. According to 35-year Saint Joseph Hospital Registered Nurse Kim Craig, the matter is made worse, "because as doctors retired, they never replaced them." Saint Joseph Hospital is licensed to 489 beds, but according to the Illinois Nurses Association (INA) they operate at 195 to 225 beds per day because of Prime Healthcare cuts. But a core of registered nurses, members of the INA, are not taking it. On Wednesday, September 30, they rallied with community members calling for Prime Healthcare to not leave the 153,000 residents of the fourth-largest city in Illinois without critically needed healthcare. "This is the last day for our unit to be open, we are officially closed as of tomorrow morning," said Kim Craig, who works in the Special Care Nursery, "It's horrible; half of our staff has not been placed. But the biggest part is, what are we going to do with all our moms and babies now? There is nobody in the Joliet area." Prime Healthcare is making major cuts to the only hospital in Joliet. Warehouses moved into Joliet, staffed by non-union subcontractors for Walmart, Amazon and other corporate giants. 4000 union employees at U.S. Steel and the 7000 union Caterpillar workers have lost their jobs, as both of those plants closed. Joliet Township Supervisor Cesar Guerrero talked about the union spirit in Joliet which lives on inside this core of INA leaders, who are fighting to preserve decent jobs, but also fighting for access to healthcare for Joliet. The rally also heard from former INA staffer Michelle Couturier who was involved in organizing the INA strike against Saint Joseph Hospital in the early 1990s. This strike led to INA's first contract with Saint Joseph Hospital. Couturier talked about the militant tactics and innovative strategies that the mostly women nurses used to win the contract. The day before the rally, INA showed up at the hospital to bargain the effects of the most recent cuts. Even though Prime is legally required to bargain, they instead called the police on the union. Fortunately, the police that showed up did not make arrests and told Prime to work it out with the union. "This community and our patients deserve a hospital within Joliet to serve Joliet. The mothers and babies of Joliet deserve to be able to deliver in a place that is safe, close to home and easily accessible," concluded Christina Vanoskey, a Labor and Delivery Unit registered nurse.
Nurses at Central Maine Medical Center vote to unionize with 91% approval. Nurses at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, voted 204-21 in favor of joining the Maine State Nurses Association on September 24, according to WGME. The 91% approval margin came after hospital management fired 15 nurses and suspended five others in the weeks leading up to the election. Healthcare workers at Central Maine Medical Center overwhelmingly approved union representation on September 24, with 204 voting yes and 21 voting no, despite the hospital's parent company Prime Healthcare firing 15 nurses and suspending five during the organizing campaign. Just under 300 nurses were eligible to vote in the election. The newly unionized workers will join the Maine State Nurses Association, which already represents 4,000 nurses across Maine. The union announced plans to file unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board on behalf of the terminated and suspended nurses. Federal lawmaker calls firings "illegal union busting" Congresswoman Chellie Pingree criticized Central Maine Medical Center's actions on September 23, labeling the firings as "illegal union busting." Prime Healthcare, the hospital's parent company, maintained that all disciplinary actions resulted from code of conduct violations rather than anti-union retaliation. Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline issued a statement on September 24 expressing support for the organizing effort. "The entire Lewiston community is proud to stand behind the nurses at CMMC and their right to unionize," Sheline said in the statement. Terminated and suspended nurses react to vote. Erin Bennett, one of the terminated nurses, responded to the election results at the vote count. "It felt like a really long fight but this win is huge, especially with everything that has been thrown at us," Bennett told WGME reporters on September 24. Aaron McDaniel, a suspended nurse, described the organizing campaign's outcome in similar terms. "We are elated. We are all celebrating that we came through with a 91% victory. We couldn't expect anything better," McDaniel said. The timing of the disciplinary actions - 15 firings and five suspensions during an active organizing campaign - drew scrutiny from labor advocates and elected officials. Prime Healthcare did not respond to requests for comment on the election results or the pending unfair labor practice charges. What happens next. The Maine State Nurses Association will now enter contract negotiations with Central Maine Medical Center management. The union's first priority will be filing unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB over the firings and suspensions that occurred during the organizing drive. If the Board finds merit in the charges, it could order Prime Healthcare to reinstate the terminated nurses with back pay and post remedial notices throughout the facility. The 91% approval margin gives union negotiators a strong mandate heading into first-contract talks. Healthcare worker organizing has accelerated across the United States since 2024, with successful campaigns at hospital systems from California to Vermont. The Central Maine Medical Center victory adds momentum to that trend in a region where healthcare employers have historically resisted unionization efforts. Union representatives told WGME the fired and suspended nurses will remain active in the organizing effort regardless of their employment status. Central Maine Medical Center management has not publicly stated whether it will appeal the election results or negotiate in good faith with the newly certified bargaining unit. The Union Edge Staff Also in the paper
St. Francis union election on hold for now. The National Labor Relations Board agreed Monday to cancel a scheduled union election at St. Francis Hospital this week after additional complaints were filed by the national nurses' union alleging the hospital had violated the National Labor Relations Act, which they said could interfere with a free and fair election. In a statement on Monday, the National Nurses Organizing Committee, part of National Nurses United, the union working to unionize nurses at St Francis, wrote that the NLRB's Chicago office blocked the Sept. 17 union election "in light of credible allegations that a free and fair election is not possible at this time due to Prime Healthcare's substantial and flagrant violations of the National Labor Relations Act." Prime Healthcare and its nonprofit wing, Prime Healthcare Foundation, which owns St. Francis, have been accused by the union and nurses at the hospital of unfair labor practices, including interrogation, threats, surveillance and suspending and then firing a nurse who spoke about the unionization efforts at the hospital. The hospital, in a statement Tuesday, disputed the allegations made by the union "in seeking to suspend the election," adding, "We remain committed to working constructively with our nurses and addressing concerns in the best interests of our patients and community." The nurses' union accused the hospital of surveilling nurses who have spoken with union staff and eliminating per diem RN positions while "interrogating them about their support for the union." The NNOC filed a complaint with the NRLB on Sept. 8, as did Emily Isakson, an intensive care unit nurse who spoke with the press and was subsequently suspended by the hospital. According to a statement from the nurses' union, Isakson has now been fired as well and the union sought to delay the election in a later filing with the NLRB. On Monday, the NLRB Chicago regional director, Angie Cowan Hamada, agreed to cancel the election, citing the allegations made by the union as "a sufficient offer of proof in support of these allegations which describes evidence that, if proven, could affect employee free choice in an election." "It is clear that Prime is scared and desperate, because when we do hold our election, we will win our union and be able to put our patients before profits," Isakson said, according to the statement. "Prime's bullying tactics will not work on me or other St. Francis nurses. We will never stop advocating for our patients." Multiple nurses who spoke with Evanston Now late last month described cut hours and surveillance by hospital administration after nurses filed a petition with the NLRB, requesting a union election for 275 full-time and part-time nurses at the hospital, which was scheduled to take place Thursday. Prime Healthcare spokesperson Mike Deering wrote in a statement that the hospital respects "the rights of every nurse to engage in legally protected activity and to make their own individual decision about union representation, including the right to support a union or to choose to remain in a direct relationship with the Hospital." "Many S. Francis nurses have openly expressed their desire to remain non-union, and their voices and rights deserve the same respect and protection as those of nurses who support union representation," Deering wrote. "Suspending the election denies nurses the opportunity to make that choice for themselves through a fair vote. We believe every nurse should be heard and that the outcome should ultimately be determined by the nurses." Prime Healthcare previously said that it felt the union was "placing its own interests of building up its membership, financial resources and political clout ahead of what is best for our nurses, our patients or the communities we are working to protect and rebuild," while accusing the union of "attempting to take advantage of" the hospital's transition period since its sale in 2025. It was not immediately when a union election would be held, though the union's original NLRB case seeking an election remains open as of Tuesday afternoon. A spokesperson for the nurses, in a statement, said it was their position "that the nurses should be able to have a free and fair election and nurses are still actively organizing toward that."
NLRB blocks union election due to Prime Healthcare's illegal interference with nurses' right to unionize. National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United September 14, 2026 Prime management has unlawfully suspended and fired a nurse, conducted illegal surveillance, interrogated nurses while eliminating positions. Today the National Labor Relations Board's Region 13 Office in Chicago moved to block the originally scheduled Sept. 17 NLRB union election at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., in light of credible allegations that a free and fair election is not possible at this time due to Prime Healthcare's substantial and flagrant violations of the National Labor Relations Act, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC), an affiliate of National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the nation. Saint Francis is one of the eight Prime hospitals in Illinois that Prime Healthcare acquired from Ascension in 2025. After Saint Francis nurses petitioned the NLRB for their union election on Aug. 24, Prime management has unlawfully suspended and fired a nurse, conducted illegal surveillance of nurses who have spoken with union staff, and eliminated up to 45 per diem RNs' (PRN) positions while interrogating them about their support for the union. (Per diem nurses work on an as needed basis.) NNOC filed charges on Sept. 8 and is seeking injunctive relief, which the NLRB could include in its immediate remedy. "After advocating for patients in my community, Prime Healthcare fired me," said Emma Isakson, RN. "It is clear that Prime is scared and desperate, because when we do hold our election, we will win our union and be able to put our patients before profits. Prime's bullying tactics will not work on me or other Saint Francis nurses. We will never stop advocating for our patients." Nurses across the country are organizing and speaking up systemwide against Prime Healthcare because Prime endangers patients and nurses by putting profits above all else. RNs at two other Prime Healthcare facilities, Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Illinois and Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, also filed union election petitions on Aug. 24 because they know that only through unionization can they force Prime to address their concerns about patient care and safe staffing. On Sept. 3, nurses at four Prime hospitals across three states - West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim, California; Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, and nurses and health care workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, California - held one-day strikes to protest Prime's refusal to address deep concerns about patient care and safe staffing. Prime's illegal retaliation against nurses for speaking up for patients - suspending six nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital and one nurse at Saint Francis, and firing six nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth - has spurred nurses at Olympia Fields to announce a strike on Sept. 15 and for nurses and health care workers at three Prime Healthcare hospitals in two states - Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada; West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim, California; and nurses and health care workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, California - to announce a sympathy strike on Sept. 15 in solidarity with striking nurses at Olympia Fields. Nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital and at Central Maine Medical Center will hold informational pickets in solidarity with Olympia Fields RNs on the same day. The RNs are part of a national union movement to fight for safe staffing and optimal patient care throughout the entire Prime Healthcare system. The suspensions and firing are just one aspect of Prime's mistreatment of patient advocates. Learn more about Prime's crimes at crimehealthcare.com. Prime's Profiteering The conditions driving Prime nurses to take unprecedented collective action at their hospitals are part of a broader pattern of Prime negligence and cutting services despite its profits. Prime has a history of acquiring hospitals and then cutting services after it promised to maintain them. * On Sept. 1, 2026, Prime announced that it would suspend obstetric services at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Mercy Medical Center in Aurora and Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago and consolidate them at Saint Mary of Nazareth in Chicago and Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Ill. U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood accused Prime of putting "profits over patients" and of having "no plans" to help patients travel miles to receive obstetrics care. * Less than two months after it acquired St. Mary's Hospital in Kankakee, Ill., in March 2025, Prime shut down the hospital's obstetrics, gynecology, childbirth and delivery services and voluntarily gave up the facility's Level II trauma designation, resulting in an injunction filed by the Kankakee County State's Attorney, claiming that Prime was dishonest about keeping all services open for 18-24 months after acquisition. * Prime cut services in May 2025 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Ill. and in April 2025 at Mercy Medical Center in Aurora, Ill., soon after acquisition, leading to a letter to Prime CEO Prem Reddy from Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin accusing the company of violating its commitments to maintain services to meet community needs. Prime greatly benefits financially from Prime Healthcare Foundation, its nonprofit hospital system. * In 2024, Prime Healthcare Foundation gave more than $104 million in business to firms owned by the Reddy family - Prime Healthcare Services Inc., Prime Healthcare Management, and Bio-Med Services, Inc., according to its Form 990. CEO Prem Reddy is the founder of Prime Healthcare. * Prime's nonprofit hospital system only provided $3.5 million in uncompensated charity care for patients in 2024, about 0.4 percent of the foundation's expenses. * In 2024, Prime Healthcare Foundation claimed more than $78 million in debts they tried to collect from patients who qualified for charity care. National Nurses United is the largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States with more than 225,000 members nationwide. NNU affiliates include California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, DC Nurses Association, Michigan Nurses Association, Minnesota Nurses Association, and New York State Nurses Association.
RWJBARNABAS HEALTH names Dr. David Silverman Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer. Role will lead pharmacy strategy, operations and clinical excellence across the health system. By RWJBarnabas Health Published September 10, 2026 at 1:32 PM Last updated September 10, 2026 at 1:32 PM RWJBarnabas Health, the largest, most comprehensive academic health system in New Jersey, has appointed David Silverman, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP as Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, effective September 14, 2026. In this role, Dr. Silverman will set the systemwide strategic direction for pharmacy services, guiding policy development and overseeing operations to advance standardization, collaboration, and clinical excellence. Reporting to Thomas A. Biga, Executive Vice President and President of the Northern Region for RWJBarnabas Health, Dr. Silverman will also provide executive leadership for the system's 340B program, medication management, regulatory compliance and pharmacy innovation across RWJBarnabas Health's hospitals and outpatient care locations. "David is an accomplished pharmacy executive with an impressive track record of leading large, complex health system pharmacy operations," said Mr. Biga. "His expertise in operational strategy, medication safety and standardization will be instrumental as we continue to strengthen our pharmacy enterprise, advance innovation and deliver the highest quality care to the patients and communities we serve," he continued. Get local news you can trust in your inbox. A skilled pharmacy healthcare executive, Dr. Silverman joins RWJBarnabas Health from Prime Healthcare, where he served as Vice President of Pharmacy Services, overseeing pharmacy services across 55 hospitals in 15 states. Earlier in his career, he held critical care and emergency medicine pharmacy roles at St. Michael's Medical Center in Newark and Clara Maass Medical Center. Dr. Silverman earned his Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), graduating summa cum laude from the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University, and is a board-certified Critical Care Pharmacist (BCCCP) and board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS). ABOUT RWJBARNABAS HEALTH RWJBarnabas Health is New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive academic health system, caring for more than five million people annually. Nationally renowned for quality and safety, the system includes 14 hospitals and 9,000 affiliated physicians integrated to provide care at more than 700 patient care locations. RWJBarnabas Health partners with its communities to build and sustain a healthier New Jersey. It provides patient-centered care in a compassionate manner and is the state's largest safety-net provider and leader in addressing the social determinants of health. RWJBarnabas Health provides food to the hungry, housing for the homeless and economic opportunities to those most vulnerable. RWJBarnabas Health's commitment to enhancing access to care includes a transformative partnership with Rutgers University, including the Rutgers Cancer Institute - the state's only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. RWJBarnabas Health is among New Jersey's largest private employers, with more than 45,000 employees, contributing more than $7 billion to the state economy every year. For more information, visit www.RWJBH.org Editor's Note: This advertorial content is being published by TAPinto.net as a service for its marketing partners. For more information about how to market your business or nonprofit on TAPinto, please visit TAPintoMarketing.net or email [email protected]. The opinions expressed herein, if any, are the writer's alone, and do not reflect the opinions of TAPinto.net or anyone who works for TAPinto.net. TAPinto.net is not responsible for the accuracy of any of the information supplied by the writer.