{"id":2642,"date":"2018-03-05T13:59:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T18:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/?page_id=2642"},"modified":"2024-11-28T19:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T00:11:28","slug":"careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/about-us\/careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4224 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/590\/2019\/06\/IMG_2882-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Student working in the Clinical Microbiology Lab.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/590\/2019\/06\/IMG_2882-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/590\/2019\/06\/IMG_2882-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/590\/2019\/06\/IMG_2882-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Careers in CLS<\/h3>\n<p>A degree in Clinical Laboratory Science opens a window of exciting career opportunities. Our graduates can be found working as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical laboratory generalists in hospitals, clinics or commercial laboratories.<\/li>\n<li>Clinical laboratory specialists working in areas such as microbiology, hematology, blood bank, chemistry, molecular biology\/DNA, histocompatiblity, virology, immunology\/serology, stem cell\/bone marrow labs and flow cytometry.<\/li>\n<li>Clinical laboratory supervisors, managers, administrators and directors.<\/li>\n<li>Quality assurance\/quality management specialists in hospitals or industry (e.g. pharmaceutical quality operations).<\/li>\n<li>Technical representatives, sales representatives or research and development specialists in laboratory industries.<\/li>\n<li>Clinical Research Associates (CRA) in clinical trials organizations.<\/li>\n<li>Research technologists or research supervisors\/coordinators in academic medical centers.<\/li>\n<li>Laboratory information systems specialists.<\/li>\n<li>Infection control officers in hospitals or clinics.<\/li>\n<li>Educators for employee training programs or formal academic programs.<\/li>\n<li>Consultants for Physician Office Laboratories.<\/li>\n<li>Forensic scientists in governmental or commercial laboratories.<\/li>\n<li>Clinical laboratory scientists in veterinary laboratories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c&#8230;We love the graduates from your program who now work on our team!\u00a0 They are excellent!\u00a0 Two alumni are now in leadership roles within 2-3 years of graduating from your program at UNC Chapel Hill.\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4465 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/590\/2019\/09\/CLSStockPhotos19_0232-e1567779198800-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/590\/2019\/09\/CLSStockPhotos19_0232-e1567779198800-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/590\/2019\/09\/CLSStockPhotos19_0232-e1567779198800-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/590\/2019\/09\/CLSStockPhotos19_0232-e1567779198800-1024x561.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Careers in MDS<\/h3>\n<p>Many laboratories doing molecular testing report that they have difficulty finding adequate personnel to fill current employment positions. The number of molecular-based laboratory tests is increasing as more molecular tests are developed to detect and diagnose diseases. Our graduates can be found working as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical laboratory specialists in hospital molecular microbiology, molecular pathology, and histocompatibility laboratories.<\/li>\n<li>Clinical laboratory specialists working in independent laboratories such as LabCorp or Quest.<\/li>\n<li>Researchers in academic medical centers.<\/li>\n<li>Employees in molecular diagnostic companies such as Q<sup>2<\/sup> Solutions.<\/li>\n<li>Technical representatives, sales representatives or research and development specialists in molecular diagnostic industries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laboratorysciencecareers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More Information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Careers in CLS A degree in Clinical Laboratory Science opens a window of exciting career opportunities. 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