Lab Assistant

Beaufort Memorial Hospital•Beaufort, SC

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the general supervision of the Pre-Analytical Team Coordinator, the lab assistant handles patient orders and prepares patient samples to assist the medical technologist in order to facilitate testing.

Requirements

Excellent communication skills
Mathematical, verbal, and computer skills at college level preferred
Excellent customer relationship skills
Must be able to problem solve
Ability to establish work priorities and to multi-task for maximum efficiency
Must be able to retain information once learned
Ability to work in a fast paced environment
Ability to follow as series of steps without confusion or error on an on-going basis
Must be detail oriented
Lifting up to 50 pounds and/or carrying objects weighing up to 25 pounds
Responsible for lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling objects
Frequent contact with water because of handwashing
Sufficient noise and interruptions to cause distraction and stress
Hazardous working conditions in which individual may be exposed to a risk of bodily injury through contact with moving instrumentation, chemicals, and/or body fluids
Regularly exposed to risk of bloodborne diseases (Category I OSHA Risk Factor)
Intelligence: ability to understand instructions, reason, and make judgments: Moderate
Verbal: ability to understand meaning of words, ideas associated with them, and their effective use: Moderate
Numerical: ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately: Moderate
Spatial: ability to understand forms in space and understand relationships of plane and solid objects: Low
Clerical perception: ability to perceive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material: Moderate
Motor coordination: ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed: Moderate

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or equivalent preferred
Background in medical terminology preferred

Responsibilities

Greets public in a professional and cheerful manner at all times.
Answers phone and direct calls appropriately.
Complete patient registration and test order computer data entry as required by established standards and procedures.
Keeps files accurately and orderly.
Reviews and verifies a random selection of OP requisitions for accuracy.
Prepares Opportunity Improvement forms when errors are noted.
Notifies the physician practice when an error is made to make arrangements for patient to return for recollect if physician deems necessary.
Creates and reviews pending logs and finds missing specimens accordingly.
Pulls specimens from storage.
Determines specimen availability and appropriateness for additional testing on requests received after initial testing has been received and/or completed.
Process all laboratory specimens to include centrifuging, separating, measuring, storing and distributing to appropriate testing areas or packaging for transport to reference laboratories.
Identify and resolve routine specimen acceptability and test order problems.
Notifies Phlebotomy if recollects are needed.
Maintains work area in a clean and organized manner.
Decontaminates work area as designated.
Follows all PPE requirements of the Laboratory.
Performs reference lab processing on the weekend.
Assist in client and outreach projects at the direction of the management team.
Communicates to the Phlebotomy team lead staffing needs, supplies, equipment, procedures and policies.
Participates in special projects and other duties as assigned by the supervisor.