Clinic Lab Assistant - Awesome Hours!

Deaconess Health System•Princeton, IN

51d

About The Position

We are looking for compassionate, caring people to join our talented staff of health care professionals as we continue to grow to be the preferred, regional health care partner in our community. You will play a critical role in continuing the healing mission of Deaconess. Responsible for specimen collection and processing, performing and interpreting technical laboratory testing, reporting reliable test results and coordinating physician orders. Provides and/or collaborates with other health care team members in the delivery of patient care. Employee will be responsible for blood draw, performing & resulting of test, documentation within Epic, preparing specimen for transport, batching within sunquest, and additional task within the office.

Requirements

High School Graduate, or GED
Trained individual under the supervision of a Registered Medical Technologist.

Nice To Haves

One year phlebotomy experience preferred.
Certified phlebotomist preferred.

Responsibilities

Collects patient samples for analysis, including venous, capillary, urine and stool specimens.
Performs lab analysis to determine the chemical components.
Performs daily quality control checks each day of testing prior to patient testing.
Reviews lab results for erroneous results or critical values prior to entering information into the Electronic Health Record.
Notifies physician of critical values and documents date, time and resolution.
Maintains and documents preventative maintenance of equipment in accordance with manufacturer specifications.
Maintains a safe and clean work environment including daily cleaning counter areas, cleaning spills, and performing other tasks to maintain appropriate work area according to established policies.
Takes an inventory of laboratory supplies, reordering when necessary.
Collects data, prepares reports, answers correspondence and compiles statistics as necessary.
Maintain patient confidentiality regarding procedures performed.
Utilizes universal precautions in handling infectious material.
Keeps current with laboratory trends by reading professional journals and attending conferences/seminars as appropriate.
Follow the laboratory's established corrective action procedure whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance. Documents all corrective actions taken.
Follow company policies to ensure compliance with OSHA, HIPAA, HFAP, CLIA, COLA and all other regulatory agencies.
Document all quality control measures, calibrations and instrument maintenance.
Maintain records that demonstrated that proficiency testing samples are tested.
Recognizes problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of results and correct the problem or immediately notify the appropriate person(s).
Follows the laboratory's procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analysis, result reporting, and record maintenance.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with Standards of Employee Conduct

Benefits

Flexible schedules for work-life balance
Paid time off accrues on day one for part and full time employees
Get up to 50% of earned wages with Payactiv - access to the money you worked for, but haven't been paid yet
Earn While You Learn - Deaconess offers tuition reimbursement for many healthcare opportunities, STEP UP program will pay your normal wages for time spent in enrolled class hours for up to 18 hours per week for approved programs. Educational Assistance up to $5.250.00 per calendar year while enrolled in undergraduate or graduate classes
Tuition.io - Deaconess offers access to a full suite of tools to help manage and educate with student loans and expenses. One on one student loan coaching via email, chat or calls
Outstanding Referral Programs
Pet Insurance Available
Medical Premium Assistance of up to 20% is available for eligible full-time employees
Wellness Incentives for full & part-time employee to reduce cost of insurance premium by $33.93 (and $11.30 for a spouse, if applicable)
Onsite children's care centers (Infant through Pre-K) at various locations
Deaconess RN on Call is available for employees 24/7/365 to speak to an RN
Automatic enrollment in a 401K plan at 3% pre-tax contribution with an outstanding employer matching program
Competitive pay, shift and weekend incentives, yearly opportunities for pay increases and bonuses
Career advancement opportunities