Laboratory Assistant - Per Diem

Adventist Health•Corning, CA

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Adventist Health Clear Lake, located in Northern California, has been a leading healthcare provider in Lake County since 1968, comprising a 25-bed critical access hospital and primary and specialty care clinics. The area is known for Clear Lake, mountains, vineyards, and outdoor activities, being two hours from major cities. The Laboratory Assistant collects blood specimens, receives, handles, and processes specimens for Laboratory testing, assigning them to appropriate pre-analytic and analytic workflow. This role involves computerized tasks related to patient registration, test order entry, specimen collection, receiving, and processing. Basic post-analytic tasks include distributing reports, storing/retrieving specimens. The assistant also completes quality-related tasks such as documentation, maintaining a clean, stocked, and safe work area, monitoring pending work, and escalating priority work. The position requires operating basic pre-analytic lab equipment and adhering to all local/state/federal regulations, codes, policies, and procedures to ensure privacy and safety while delivering optimal patient care.

Requirements

High School Education/GED or equivalent: Required in CA
Certified Phlebotomy Technician I (CPTI) license: Required in CA
Phlebotomy Tech (CPT) or Certified Phlebotomy Technician II (CPTII): Required

Nice To Haves

Associate’s/Technical Degree or equivalent combination of education/related experience
Experience in Phlebotomy in acute care environment
High School Education/GED or equivalent: Preferred in OR and HI
Certified Phlebotomy Technician I (CPTI) license: Preferred in OR and HI

Responsibilities

Collects blood specimens for a variety of Laboratory tests using age-appropriate techniques; handles/transports Lab specimens and provides post-phlebotomy care to patients.
Receives specimens for testing; assesses specimens upon receipt according to established criteria to determine acceptability and takes action according to protocol including escalating to licensed or certified personnel for direction.
Handles and processes a variety of specimen types to prepare them for analysis; adheres to protocols to maintain specimen integrity at all times.
Completes computerized tasks as appropriate for affiliate to ensure complete patient registration and/or test order entry into the lab information system, as well as generation of collection lists and/or labels.
Prepares and/or packages specimens for transport to another Adventist Health or outside reference laboratory and may complete computer steps necessary for processing referred specimens.
Maintains an adequate inventory of supplies in work area and/or on phlebotomy cart.
Maintains required records by completing basic documentation of pre-analytic and post-analytic work, as well as quality-related tasks.
Participates in managing the laboratory workflow by performing duties such as monitoring pending work, escalating priority work, locating specimens, and coordinating specimen recollections.
Verbally communicates released/reported results.
Routes, distributes and retransmits released/reported results.
Stores and retrieves specimens.
Receives incoming calls for the laboratory and assists the caller as appropriate or transfers these calls to the appropriate laboratory section or person.
Communicates with customer to clarify ambiguous, unclear or duplicate test orders.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.