Laboratory Assistant II - Hillsboro (24 Hours/Week)

Springfield Clinic • Hillsboro, IL

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About The Position

The Laboratory Assistant 2 is responsible for performing a variety of functions either independently or under the supervision of a technologist, including drawing blood, processing specimens, order entry in lab computer, logging results, performing glucose tolerances, EKGs and performing limited laboratory waived testing.

Requirements

• High School graduate or GED required and provide documentation.
• Experience in phlebotomy is required.
• Competency assessed before performing any patient testing.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to communicate well.
• Ability to lift occasional light load up to 20 lbs.
• Ability to stand, bend over and walk for long periods of time.
• Ability to handle heavy workloads, competing demands and stress well.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the well being of the patient while they are in the laboratory.
• Collection of the proper specimen and performance of some tests.
• Giving proper instructions to the patient for at home collections and completion of all the accompanying paperwork.
• Order entry into the laboratory computer.
• Collect blood, urine, nasal wash, throat and MRSA specimens from patients and perform EKGs.
• Process specimens according to lab procedures.
• Set up urine and throat cultures as assigned.
• Perform rapid strep testing, urine dipstick analysis, urine pregnancy testing, IStat and other testing as assigned.
• Perform and record quality control when appropriate and log results on appropriate worksheets and results in the computer.
• General knowledge of reception duties, such as scheduling patients in IDX and looking up patient orders and answering the telephone in a courteous and helpful manner.
• Travel to multiple locations as needed.
• Comply with the Springfield Clinic incident reporting policy and procedures.
• Adhere to all OSHA and Springfield Clinic training & accomplishments as required per policy.
• Provide excellent customer service and adhere to SC Way customer service philosophy.
• Perform other job duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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