Clinical Support I (Lab)

DaVita Kidney Care

About The Position

The Support I, Clinical (Lab) receives, prepares and accessions laboratory specimens for designated departments/locations prior to laboratory analysis and testing along with performing specimen accessioning, data entry, processing and other technical and non-technical duties in the laboratory under the general supervision of the Technologist or Supervisor. Assist laboratory teammates with other delegated tasks as assigned. This position reports to the Manager/Supervisor, Laboratory (Lab).

Requirements

Associate or Bachelor degree
Critical thinking skills
Medical terminology training
Some specialty or on the job clinical lab training
Basic computer skills

Responsibilities

Unloads and unpacks specimens: Cuts boxes and routes specimens by type to various staging areas
Records shipments
Records temperature of the packages according to the policies including safety and infection control
Waste Management
Sorting and loading automated line according to department needs and frequencies.
Removes specimens rejected by Automation line and relabels tubes for processing.
Accessions samples that require manual receiving and delivers them to the appropriate department.
Unloads exception samples from Automation system
Grooms clotted samples
Transports racked and bulk samples to non-automated lab areas/refrigerators
Performs and records department maintenance for functions and equipment used daily
Prepares offline samples for testing (centrifuge and uncap)
Assists the technical staff in specimen processing and preparation in the clinical laboratory
Documents work activities and pertinent information (using internal and external comments) in the LIS or paper logs to ensure regulatory compliance requirements are met and that audit trails are established
Performs duties and responsibilities as needed or directed

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision
401(k) match
paid time off
PTO cash out
Family resources
EAP counseling sessions
access Headspace®
backup child and elder care
maternity/paternity leave and more
DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.