Lab Clerk

WVU Medicine•Uniontown, AL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for obtaining and processing laboratory specimens for testing, as well as providing clerical and receptionist services to the laboratory. The role involves a variety of tasks including data entry, patient interaction, specimen preparation, and maintaining departmental supplies and equipment.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

Experience using a Laboratory Information System.
General clerical experience.
Ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously.
Efficiency in processing of verbal information, either in written or spoken form is a major requirement and prerequisite of the job.
Some independent thought, planning or origination of options and solutions is necessary.
Ability to apply principles of reasoning and problem solving to resolve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Responsibilities

Perform computer related duties such as ensure proper patient identification, test order entry, documentation of specimen collection, proper specimen labeling, and receipt using the LIS.
Prints, sorts, and distributes patient test reports according to laboratory schedule.
Performs additional computer tasks for statistical data entry using a variety of other computer programs.
Submit information for the update of physician database and statistical files.
Answer and respond to telephone inquiries, directing physician/patient questions to personnel, as appropriate.
Calls critical laboratory results to physicians.
Faxes results to ordering provider as indicated.
Re-Fax EPIC failed faxes printing to the lab daily.
Direct patients' requests to appropriate personnel.
Assists patient with requests for reports according to HIPAA guidelines.
Prepare testing to be sent to reference laboratories, ensuring proper collection container, specimen type, specimen temperature, and specimen stability.
Ensure that pending lists are maintained accounting for all patient samples.
Can properly pack and ship specimens to all referral laboratories.
Receive specimens from pneumatic tube system.
Documentation of specimen collection and receipt using the LIS.
Centrifuge specimens as needed.
Aliquot specimens as needed.
Deliver prepared specimens to indicated departments.
Maintain & update departmental files including preparations of reports and special requisitions.
Maintain department equipment including recording & reporting malfunctions.
Monitor supplies, stock shelves when orders arrive, fill client orders.
Sort & distribute mail daily.
Performs other duties as assigned.