Laboratory Support Technician Job, 1st & 2nd Shift Per Diem, Lab Department

Day Kimball Healthcare•Putnam, CT

11h•Onsite

About The Position

Day Kimball Health is hiring for a Laboratory Support Technician for Lab Department as a 1st & 2nd Shift Per Diem job in Putnam, CT. As the Laboratory Support Technician, you will be a vital member of a dynamic team responsible for performing a variety of procedures with the receiving and/or processing of laboratory requisitions and specimens. You will enter reference laboratory reports and technical data into the laboratory computer and be responsible for the cost-effective utilization of reference laboratories. You will have a complete understanding of patient safety and laboratory techniques necessary to guarantee complete patient safety and anonymity. You will determine reference laboratory requirements when a phlebotomist or customer specialist does not know how to input a physician’s order into the Misys Computer.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent required
Familiarity with laboratory information systems, including but not limited to, order entry, inquiry and specimen tracking.
Excellent communication skills including telephone, written correspondence and speaking
Knowledge of OSHA and those regulations relating to the use of hazardous chemicals in the histology laboratory
Knowledge of anatomy and medical terminology

Nice To Haves

Current knowledge of Medical Technology/MLT background preferred
5 years of experience in a hospital lab preferred.

Responsibilities

Receives specimens from couriers and verifies that specimens match requisition request.
Processes specimens including centrifugation, pour-off and aliquoting and maintaining specimen integrity and identity.
Reconciles every “left-over” specimen with every “left-over” requisition in order not to miss physician request for patient testing.
Sorts and triages specimens to appropriate workstation.
Answers phone and communicates pertinent information to medical staff, physician office staff and phlebotomists throughout DKH network so that patients are not redrawn for blood work.
Responsible for problem resolution with reference laboratories to prevent patient redraws and increase customer satisfaction with laboratory service. Is responsible for contacting reference lab and determining what clerk and phlebotomist need to do to complete physician order.