Lab Assistant-Processing

Sarah Bush Lincoln • Mattoon, IL

1d • $17 - $26

About The Position

Lab Assistant - Processing ensures proper receipt of specimens and paperwork into the Laboratory. Assists in clinical areas as directed.

Requirements

• High School (Required)

Responsibilities

• Assists in putting away supplies delivered to the Laboratory by Materials Management.
• Assists technical staff in appointed department.
• Disposes of lab specimens on a daily basis.
• Enters/completes LabOps issues as necessary.
• Fills clients supply requests.
• Maintains the Lab in a neat and orderly fashion i.e. cleans break room, decontaminates counters.
• Monitors pneumatic tube system and Laboratory tube station, trouble-shooting and communicating with other departments, and notifying Facility Services of any issues.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Performs maintenance and daily cleaning of Central Accessioning / Processing centrifuges.
• Processes Reference Laboratory specimens, empties specimen bags and verifies physician orders.
• Receives all specimens from laboratory couriers, specimen drop-off, and the pneumatic tube system, entering necessary information into the Laboratory Information System.
• Registers specimens and orders tests in the Laboratory Information System(s).
• Researches and assists in problem solving regarding specimens and lab results.
• Searches for refrigerated specimens for "add-on" testing when taking a verbal order from units or physician offices.
• Separates specimens, labels tubes, and delivers all specimens and paperwork to the appropriate lab section.

Benefits

• Career development is available through continuing education and on-site training, so come grow with us!
• We are striving to be the employer of choice in the area.
• Employees reap the benefit of our work culture which is steeped in professional and personal development programs.
• We have developed a solid benefit package to help retain our employees, while providing them opportunities to grow their careers.
• We support on-site classroom learning programs and internet courses, and we have a generous tuition reimbursement program-- all designed to help staff achieve their goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees