Lab Aide II
About The Position
This person should provide an excellent experience for patients when collecting blood and other specimens. May be required to work within the hospital as well as from off sites. Registers Lab patients and enters orders from a variety of sources (electronic, written, faxed, and verbal). Provides clerical support for all lab technical functions, maintains the physical space of the drawing area including washing glassware. Processes specimens, including centrifuging and specimen preparation. This position also requires interdepartmental support activities to more effectively provide patient care and flow. These activities may range from assisting with nursing routines on non-laboratory staff and any other assigned tasks. This individual may also perform limited waived and moderate complexity tests as authorized by the Lab Medical Director. This position requires variable working hours starting as early as 4 am and includes weekend and holiday rotation. This position may assist in training new staff and will perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Expert phlebotomy and customer services skills.
- Accurately sort and process all types of body fluids, tissues while maintaining high degree of accuracy.
- Performs POC testing.
- General understanding of medical terminology and keyboarding experience.
- Must be skilled at blood collections and have general phlebotomy experience.
- Must have previous healthcare experience or understand basic medical terminology and have keyboarding experience.
- This position requires the ability to move rapidly from location to location within the hospital.
- This position requires the ability to accurately sort and distribute all types of body fluids, tissues, and other specimens brought to the lab for analysis.
- This position requires maintaining a high level of accuracy while simultaneously performing a variety of tasks.
- Requires the employee to travel from work to collect specimens remote from the hospital.
- Must have a valid Indiana driver's license and a vehicle to make these trips under various climatic conditions if the hospital vehicle is not available.
- Must be contactable by telephone for backup coverage.
- Must maintain competency per protocol and attend applicable continuing education.
- Must possess the qualities of integrity and good judgement.
- Must maintain good physical and emotional well-being.
- Must be able to communicate technical information clearly both in direct conversation and by phone.
- Must have a consistently friendly, reassuring personality in dealing with patients.
- Must have strong interpersonal skills for maintaining good relationships with clients.
- Must have good typing skills.
- Phlebotomy certification preferred or previous phlebotomy experience.
- Phlebotomy certification preferred and/or phlebotomy training from post-secondary school, High School Diploma and valid Indiana Driver's License.
- Assist ambulatory patients independently
- Hearing requirements include but are not limited to hearing and responding to codes, monitors, pagers, phones, equipment alarms or patients calling for assistance, ability to auscultate B/P.
- Manual dexterity, as used for performing intricate procedures (catheter, dressing changes, IV starts), assembling medical equipment, caring for patients, typing, etc.
- Standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, and crouching as needed more than 2/3 of day
Nice To Haves
- Experience with computers a plus.
- Must maintain qualities agreed to in Patients First Commitment (Attitude/Demeanor, Respect, Teamwork, Accountability/Initiative, Communication and Dedication to Excellence).
Responsibilities
- Collecting blood and other specimens
- Registering Lab patients and entering orders from a variety of sources (electronic, written, faxed, and verbal)
- Providing clerical support for all lab technical functions
- Maintaining the physical space of the drawing area including washing glassware
- Processing specimens, including centrifuging and specimen preparation
- Performing interdepartmental support activities to more effectively provide patient care and flow
- Assisting with nursing routines on non-laboratory staff and any other assigned tasks
- Performing limited waived and moderate complexity tests as authorized by the Lab Medical Director
- Assisting in training new staff
- Performing other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Ambulatory Health Care Services
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
