Laboratory Assistant - Clinical Lab
About The Position
Vancouver Clinic is hiring a Laboratory Assistant to support our busy Clinical Lab. In this role, you’ll help keep lab operations moving by processing routine and STAT testing, picking up and accessioning specimens, labeling and delivering slides, filing and retrieving slides/blocks, monitoring temperatures, and supporting accurate report archival. You’ll also provide excellent service to patients, providers, and medical staff by ensuring proper patient identification, accurate specimen labeling, timely data entry, scanning, and faxing. This role is a great fit for someone who is detail-oriented, organized, flexible, and able to prioritize STAT, ASAP, routine, and pre-op specimens in a fast-paced lab environment. Responsibilities may include performing CLIA waived and moderate complexity testing, troubleshooting workflow issues, following clinic and laboratory policies and procedures, and collaborating with the lab team to meet patient care needs.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Minimum of two years’ experience working in a healthcare, laboratory, and/or combination of education and experience in phlebotomy/lab sciences preferred
- Ability to work, with or without reasonable accommodation, with a diverse population of patients and colleagues seeking or considering care in all areas, is an essential function of all positions at the Clinic.
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
Nice To Haves
- Detail-oriented
- Organized
- Flexible
- Able to prioritize STAT, ASAP, routine, and pre-op specimens in a fast-paced lab environment
Responsibilities
- Processing routine and STAT testing
- Picking up and accessioning specimens
- Labeling and delivering slides
- Filing and retrieving slides/blocks
- Monitoring temperatures
- Supporting accurate report archival
- Ensuring proper patient identification
- Accurate specimen labeling
- Timely data entry, scanning, and faxing
- Performing CLIA waived and moderate complexity testing
- Troubleshooting workflow issues
- Following clinic and laboratory policies and procedures
- Collaborating with the lab team to meet patient care needs
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- AD&D
- Long term disability
- Health savings account
- Flexible spending account
- Employee assistance program
- Multiple supplemental benefits (voluntary life, critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, identity theft protection, legal services, etc.)
- 401k retirement plan
- Employer matching contribution up to 4%
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
