LAB ASSISTANT 1-PRN

Memorial Regional Health•Craig, CO

1d•$21 - $31•Onsite

About The Position

This is a temporary position from July through September. The Lab Assistant 1-PRN is expected to be a positive and supportive team member, treating all customers professionally, courteously, and promptly. The role requires compliance with all departmental and hospital policies, procedures, and regulations, including infection control, HIPPA, safety, and risk management. The position involves interacting with other departments, participating in process improvements, and attending staff meetings. Key duties include serving as a liaison between clinic and hospital labs, managing supplies, ensuring accurate patient and test data entry, providing instructions for specimen collection, answering the phone, performing phlebotomy for all ages, preparing specimens for shipping, collecting various sample types, performing drug and breath alcohol screens, conducting paternity collections, participating in proficiency testing, calling critical values, performing CLIA waived testing and quality control, handling blood products, responding to emergencies, and using proper patient identifiers. The role also requires adherence to age-appropriate guidelines and patient mental status, daily quality control on Glucometers, and proper disposal of sharps containers. The position also involves reconciling DTC reports and performing other assigned duties. Organization-specific expectations include commitment to the CHOICE values, effective communication, adherence to dress code, initiative, self-motivation, time management, completion of required education and training, maintaining patient confidentiality, punctuality, contributing to performance improvement, ensuring regulatory compliance, and following safety procedures.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Must successfully pass a background check.
Must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen and breath alcohol test (if applicable).
Must complete an Employee Health meeting prior to starting employment.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (or be obtained within ninety (90) days of hire).

Nice To Haves

Phlebotomy certification.
One (1) year of phlebotomy experience.
Working knowledge of medical terminology.

Responsibilities

Serve as a liaison between the clinic and hospital labs and as a reference for nursing staff.
Keep supplies stocked and ordered as needed.
Ensure accurate patient demographics and tests are entered in computer data base.
Provide necessary instructions to customers for specimen collection.
Answer telephone and assist caller as needed.
Perform phlebotomy skills for all ages using appropriate collection devices.
Prepare specimens to ship to reference labs.
Perform venipunctures and collect blood cultures.
Collect throat, nares, and nasopharyngeal samples.
Start tests and obtain specimens for glucose tolerance tests.
Perform drug and breath alcohol screens.
Perform paternity collections.
Participate in proficiency testing.
Call critical values per department policy.
Perform CLIA waived testing.
Perform quality control for CLIA waived testing.
Pack, unpack, and receive blood products.
Respond to Code Blue and Traumas.
Exhibit proper use of two patient identifiers.
Apply guidelines for age appropriate and patient mental status.
Perform quality control on Glucometer each day of use.
Dispose of and change sharps containers.
Reconcile DTC reports.
Maintain strict patient confidentiality at all times.
Report to work punctually and complete assigned duties within established timeframes.
Actively contribute to departmental and organization-wide performance improvement and continuous quality initiatives.
Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, maintaining adherence to departmental, hospital, state, and federal standards and policies.
Follow all infection control, safety, and risk management procedures to maintain a safe environment for patients, the public, and staff.