Lab Support Technician

Saint Luke's Health System • Lee's Summit, MO

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About The Position

Saint Luke's East Hospital is seeking a full-time Lab Support Technician to support the laboratory in one or several key areas. These may include phlebotomy and arterial collection support; participation in competency evaluations of multi-skilled workers in patient care areas; quality control maintenance of point-of-care instruments; patient registration and test ordering; processing outreach and inpatient specimens; specifically directed preparation and record keeping for blood components; and direct client services functions.

The position is scheduled for nights, 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with a rotating four-week schedule and two weekends on and two weekends off. The schedule is: Week 1—Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday; Week 2—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday; Week 3—Thursday, Friday, Saturday; Week 4—Sunday, Friday, Saturday.

Requirements

• Applicable experience: less than 1 year.

Responsibilities

• Collect patient specimens in accordance with laboratory policies, procedures, and regulatory standards.
• Correlate patient samples to provider laboratory test orders in the LIS/EMR.
• Perform and report point-of-care laboratory testing as required.
• Use education and experience to identify and resolve patient circumstances that might interfere with accurate sample collection.
• Communicate effectively with nursing and unit staff about patient collections.
• Support laboratory functions that may include phlebotomy and arterial collection support, competency evaluations, quality control maintenance of point-of-care instruments, patient registration and test ordering, specimen processing, blood-component preparation and record keeping, and direct client services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed