Clinical Laboratory Assistant

Boys Town • Omaha, NE

1d • Onsite

About The Position

In a career as a Clinical Lab Assistant, you join us in providing life-changing care to patients from across the region. In this role, you will utilize knowledge of pre-analytic information/techniques to successfully perform capillary and venous blood collections. Evaluate specimen integrity and correlates test results to the clinical picture of each individual. Perform medical lab testing for patient diagnosis and treatment. Responsible for adherence to all policies and procedures relating to blood and body fluid, collection, processing, testing and storage.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Training in phlebotomy required.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates advanced technical skill in the collection of blood samples and acts as a resource to clinic and hospital personnel.
• Operates testing instrumentation and performs testing kits, evaluating results and reporting results according to established policies and procedures.
• Communicates with physicians and other appropriate staff concerning critical results.
• Performs and records necessary quality control procedures.
• Stocks supplies, fills supply orders for clinics and communicates supply needs to Clinic Supervisor or designee.
• Assists nursing staff with inventory management of clinical supplies.
• Acts as a departmental liaison to internal and external customers providing information related to specimen requirements, test results, and assisting with troubleshooting guidance and/or refers problems within departmental guidelines.
• Participates in quality improvement projects in the clinic environment.
• Attends required staff meetings and mandatory in-services.
• Demonstrates initiative, accountability and efficient use of time and materials. This includes knowledge, self-direction, and accountability.
• Promotes patient advocacy which assures patients' rights to privacy, safety, and confidentiality.
• Provides patient care and education according to the patient population served.

Benefits

• A unique feature for employees and their dependents enrolled in medical benefits are reduced to no cost visits for services performed by a Boys Town provider at a Boys Town location.
• Additional costs savings for the employee and their dependents are found in our pharmacy benefits with low to zero-dollar co-pays on certain maintenance drugs.
• Boys Town takes your mental health seriously with no cost mental health visits to an in-network provider.
• We help our employees prepare for retirement with a generous match on their 401K or 401K Roth account.
• Additional benefits include tuition reimbursement, parenting resources from our experts and professional development opportunities within the organization, just to name a few.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED