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About the Role
Assists technical personnel with assigned tasks, instrument maintenance, and inventory. Receives patients, correctly identifies patients, collects specimens from patients, transports specimens, and processes specimens.
Responsibilities
- Identifies appropriate priority of tasks, establishes and maintains lines of communication and rapport within the department and other hospital personnel.
- Demonstrates knowledge of computer software and specimen management.
- Ensures priority of requests, arranging workload to provide for optimal patient care.
- Manages inventory.
- Receives in and distributes reagents and supplies.
- Assists in Medical Center sponsored blood drives.
- Adheres to confidentiality of patient information with interdepartmental and external requests.
- Demonstrates ethical, honest, and professionalism with all internal and external consumers.
- Ensures accuracy with specimen receiving, issuing blood products, and performs instrument maintenance following standard procedures.
- Uses department equipment (telephone, computers, software) appropriately.
- Ensures timely turnaround of patient results.
- Follows up on internal and external departmental requests.
- Participates in educational opportunities and identifies areas of departmental process improvement.
- Ensures correct tests are drawn and collected and orders are checked against the computer system for accuracy and discrepancies resolved.
- Performs specimen collection as needed.
- Adheres to environmental standards for patient/visitor/staff safety.
- Practices hand washing and sanitation practices.
- Reports unsafe conditions and responds appropriately to all codes and drills.
- Practices standard precautions with all chemical and specimen handling.
- Stocks and re-orders supplies.
- Cleans and disinfects work areas, refrigerators, freezers, incubators, water baths, plasma thawers, etc.
Requirements
- Minimum 2 year degree in Science - such as Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry.
- Phlebotomy work experience, lab assistant work experience, or other healthcare experience preferred.
- Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
Skills
- Computer software
- Specimen management
- Ethical conduct
- Professionalism
- Accuracy in specimen receiving
- Instrument maintenance
- Timely turnaround of patient results
- Communication
Work Type
- Full-Time
Education Level
- Associate's degree in Science (Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry)
Salary/Compensations
- $22 - $28 per hour
Equal Opportunity
- Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.