Lab Assistant 1

Memorial Regional Health•Craig, CO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a Full-Time Position. The Lab Assistant 1 will be a positive and supportive team member to staff members and the hospital. They will treat all customers in a professional, courteous, and prompt manner, demonstrating a professional and caring attitude. The role requires compliance with Departmental and Hospital Policies and Procedures and State/Federal Regulations, including infection control, HIPPA, safety, and risk management. The position involves interacting with other departments to solve problems and working as a team, participating in interdepartmental process improvements and evaluations. Responsibilities include attending monthly staff meetings, serving as a liaison between clinic and hospital labs, stocking and ordering supplies, ensuring accurate patient demographics and test entries, providing specimen collection instructions, answering the telephone, performing phlebotomy skills for all ages, preparing specimens for shipping, performing venipunctures and collecting blood cultures, collecting throat, nares, and nasopharyngeal samples, starting tests and obtaining specimens for glucose tolerance tests, performing drug and breath alcohol screens, performing paternity collections, participating in proficiency testing, calling critical values, performing CLIA waived testing and quality control, packing/unpacking/receiving blood products, responding to Code Blue and Traumas, exhibiting proper use of two patient identifiers, applying guidelines for age-appropriate and patient mental status, performing daily quality control on Glucometer, and disposing of sharps containers. The role also involves reconciling DTC reports and performing other duties as assigned. Organization-specific expectations include full commitment to MRH CHOICE values, representing the organization positively, establishing effective communication, adhering to dress code, exhibiting initiative and self-motivation, managing time effectively, completing required annual education and training, actively participating in meetings, maintaining patient confidentiality, reporting to work punctually, contributing to performance improvement initiatives, and ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements and safety procedures.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age (21 for positions requiring driving, with a valid driver’s license).
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.

Nice To Haves

Phlebotomy certification.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (or be obtained within ninety (90) days of hire).
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.
Keeps supplies stocked and ordered as needed.
Ensures accurate patient demographics and tests are entered in computer data base.
Provides necessary instructions to customers for specimen collection.
Answers telephone and assists caller as needed.
Proficient in phlebotomy skills for all ages using appropriate collection devices.
Prepares specimens to ship to reference labs.
Performs venipunctures and collects blood cultures.
Collects throat, nares, and nasopharyngeal samples.
Starts tests and obtains specimens for glucose tolerance tests.
Performs drug and breath alcohol screens.
Performs paternity collections.
Participates in proficiency testing.
Calls critical values per department policy.
Proficient in performing CLIA waived testing.
Proficient in performing quality control for CLIA waived testing.
Pack, unpack, and receive blood products.
Responds to Code Blue and Traumas.
Exhibits proper use of two patient identifiers.
Applies guidelines for age appropriate and patient mental status.
Performs quality control on Glucometer each day of use.
Disposes of and changes sharps containers.
Reconciles DTC reports.
Other duties as assigned.