Lab Assistant

UHS•Enid, OK

10h•Onsite

About The Position

Lab Assistant – Full Time If you’re an organized, detail‑oriented professional looking to grow your career in a fast‑paced laboratory environment, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center invites you to join our team. As a Lab Assistant, you’ll support essential laboratory operations through clerical duties, specimen processing, and phlebotomy as needed. In this vital role, you’ll help ensure accurate, timely testing that supports high‑quality patient care across the hospital. St. Mary’s is a 229‑bed acute care hospital with more than 125 skilled physicians across specialties including Cardiology, Neurology, Orthopedics, Emergency Medicine, Women’s Imaging, Rehabilitation, and more. For over 100 years, we’ve been committed to delivering exceptional care to our community. Learn more: https://www.stmarysregional.com As a Lab Assistant, you’ll play a key role in supporting laboratory operations, ensuring accurate documentation, and assisting clinical staff. Responsibilities include: Performing clerical functions in Microbiology and the Laboratory, including monitoring, ordering, inventory, and stocking supplies. Setting up quality control, preparing slides (including staining), and loading/unloading blood cultures. Setting up specimens, ordering labs for patients, and preparing specimens for send‑out to reference laboratories. Following up on worklists and scanning results into the patient’s EMR. Answering phones and performing phlebotomy duties as needed. Using Laboratory and Reference Laboratory computer systems effectively. Training new Lab Assistants. Alerting appropriate staff regarding STAT orders. Assisting medical staff and hospital departments with laboratory records and test results. Printing, faxing, distributing, and scanning patient reports per laboratory policy. Maintaining accurate, organized files of patient reports. Entering testing orders into hospital and laboratory systems with accuracy and attention to detail. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a structured, detail‑driven environment and enjoys supporting both clinical and administrative functions within the laboratory.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required
One year of clerical/business experience required (equivalent education or clerical certifications may be considered)
One year of laboratory experience required; two years preferred
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Typing and basic computer skills required

Nice To Haves

College coursework toward Microbiology preferred

Responsibilities

Performing clerical functions in Microbiology and the Laboratory, including monitoring, ordering, inventory, and stocking supplies.
Setting up quality control, preparing slides (including staining), and loading/unloading blood cultures.
Setting up specimens, ordering labs for patients, and preparing specimens for send-out to reference laboratories.
Following up on worklists and scanning results into the patient’s EMR.
Answering phones and performing phlebotomy duties as needed.
Using Laboratory and Reference Laboratory computer systems effectively.
Training new Lab Assistants.
Alerting appropriate staff regarding STAT orders.
Assisting medical staff and hospital departments with laboratory records and test results.
Printing, faxing, distributing, and scanning patient reports per laboratory policy.
Maintaining accurate, organized files of patient reports.
Entering testing orders into hospital and laboratory systems with accuracy and attention to detail.