Lab Assistant - Night Shift

Carroll County Memorial Hospital • Carrollton, KY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

What if you had the opportunity to make a difference? Carroll County Memorial Hospital’s role is to improve the health and well-being of the residents and visitors to Carroll County and surrounding counties, by providing quality, compassionate, cost effective and convenient health care through community leadership and in collaboration with other healthcare organizations which serve our communities. The Night Shift Laboratory Assistant supports the clinical laboratory by performing phlebotomy, assisting with analyzer operations, maintaining laboratory workflow, and ensuring continuity of testing services during overnight hours. This role is critical to maintaining analyzer readiness, specimen flow, and operational efficiency to support patient care. The Laboratory Assistant works under the supervision of the Laboratory Manager and/or Medical Technologist and must adhere to all hospital policies, CLIA regulations, and laboratory quality standards. Night Shift Hourly Full-Time Position: 40 hours per week/weekly schedule rotation Physical Location: 309 11th St. Carrollton, KY 41045

Requirements

• High School diploma/GED required
• Phlebotomy experience preferred
• Ability to work independently during overnight hours
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Must be reliable and extremely trustworthy.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with vendors, customers, and team members.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Healthcare or laboratory experience preferred
• Completion of a phlebotomy training program (preferred)
• Familiarity with laboratory analyzers and specimen workflows (preferred

Responsibilities

• Perform venipuncture and specimen collection on inpatient and outpatient populations
• Properly label, process, and transport specimens according to laboratory protocol
• Maintain specimen integrity and follow chain-of-custody procedures
• Communicate specimen issues to laboratory staff promptly
• Perform routine maintenance on laboratory analyzers per established schedules
• Ensure analyzers are operational and ready for patient testing
• Identify instrument maintenance errors and escalate issues to laboratory staff/leadership
• Assist with basic troubleshooting per established procedures
• Monitor reagent levels for assigned analyzers
• Maintain reagent inventory and notify staff of low stock
• Ensure reagents are stored properly and within expiration guidelines
• Assist with restocking and supply organization
• Prepare and maintain the daily manifest of laboratory orders
• Assist in organizing and tracking specimens and test requests
• Support efficient test flow and turnaround times
• Maintain a clean, organized laboratory environment
• Follow CLIA, OSHA, and hospital safety policies
• Maintain infection control practices and PPE use
• Participate in training and competency activities
• Support laboratory quality improvement initiatives

Benefits

• Carroll County Memorial Hospital offers a benefits package to eligible employees that includes welfare and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short-term and Long-term Disability, 401(k), Company-funded retirement contributions, and Paid Time Off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED