MEDICAL LAB TECHNICIAN
ANCHORAGE NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER INC•Anchorage, AK
•Onsite
About The Position
Under direct supervision performs laboratory work in the areas of phlebotomy, hematology, chemistry, urinalysis, and immunology.
Requirements
- Documentation of in-house training is required before employees are permitted to perform laboratory procedures without direct supervision.
Nice To Haves
- High school graduate or equivalent, preferred.
- Advanced training certificate from an accredited school in clinical laboratory practice, (medical laboratory technology), preferred.
- Bilingual preferred.
Responsibilities
- Competent venipuncture procedures including patient preparation, specimen collection, and processing procedures.
- Accurate specimen testing, evaluation of results, documentation of results, quality assurance measures and management of critical values.
- Performs and documents quality control, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting problems as necessary.
- Reception of a patient or specimen prompts test requisition, processing, billing, quality assurance, testing, reporting, and documentation of problem solving with corrective action. All documentation should be neat, printed, and legible or in electronic format.
- Reception of a patient or specimen prompts accurate billing procedures to include correctly identifying test and patient diagnosis and understanding the various types of payor sources and how to correctly process charges.
- Able to access patient information; use phones, intercom, transfer, hold; fax and copier/printer competency to include long distance faxing, paper and cartridge refill, paper alignment.
- Identifies supplies in short supply before supplies run out and orders supplies as necessary using recommended ordering procedures. Dates and labels supplies as they are received. Ensures expired supplies are disposed of and not used after expiration date.
- Technician competently uses the patient electronic record, lab information system, Google, and other computer technologies for daily tasks.
- Ensures lab and phlebotomy areas are free of clutter and sanitized daily.
- Assist Patient Services Representative in greeting and processing patients when the PSR is on leave or break.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
