Lab Support Associate

Saint Luke's Health System•Blue Springs, MO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Saint Luke's Regional Lab in Blue Springs, MO is seeking a Lab Support Tech to join our team! This role involves processing and distributing lab specimens, preparing specimens for analysis, and potentially assisting with routine technical procedures. The position also includes clerical duties such as Epic order transcription and registration, processing laboratory specimens, and document filing. Key responsibilities include ensuring accurate patient specimen identification, verifying specimen integrity against requirements, processing specimens per protocol, retrieving lab results, and creating problem logs for variances. The role also requires communication with clients and staff regarding test orders or collection information, and preparing blood components for dispensing.

Requirements

Less than 1 year of applicable experience.
Great customer Service is a must!

Nice To Haves

No Phlebotomy experience needed

Responsibilities

Processes and distributes lab specimens to in-house or reference destinations.
Aids in preparing specimens for analysis.
May assist with routine technical procedures.
Performs clerical duties including Epic order transcription and registration, order and processing of laboratory specimens, document filing.
Ensure accurate identification information on each patient specimen, as compared to information on accompanying requisition.
Verifies the integrity of specimens received with respect to published specimen requirements.
Processes each specimen per established protocol for test or tube type.
Retrieves laboratory results, cancels tests and performs problem-solving, as applicable.
Creates problem logs to document variances for follow-up with client/collection staff.
Communicates with clients and staff in providing test order or collection information.
Prepares blood components for dispensing to nursing staff; oversees sign-out process (if assigned).