Medical Laboratory Assistant

American Oncology Network • Indianapolis, IN

21h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a healthcare professional responsible for laboratory testing, quality control, phlebotomy, instrument maintenance, and troubleshooting. The role involves performing manual and automated routine blood tests, preparing specimens for microscope examination, and operating various laboratory equipment such as centrifuges, hematology analyzers, and point of care analyzers. The American Oncology Network (AON) is an alliance of physicians and veteran healthcare leaders dedicated to ensuring the long-term success and viability of oncology diagnosis and treatment in community-based settings. AON is a fast-growing national network of community oncology practices that provides local access to exceptional cancer care and offers proven practice management expertise to its partner practices. Employees at AON work together to empower physicians to improve cancer care, driving integrated, collaborative care to deliver high-quality care to every patient. AON values its employees' ability to make a difference in the lives of those fighting cancer and offers a career with opportunities for growth within a national workforce, including flexible work options. The company provides competitive compensation packages, comprehensive health insurance, a 401k with a 100% match, a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) program, annual summits for collaboration, professional development programs, and tuition assistance.

Requirements

• High School education, required
• Minimum of two years’ experience in a lab setting, required
• Critical thinking skills including solid problem solving, analysis, decision-making, planning, time management and organizational skills.
• Must be detailed oriented with the ability to exercise independent judgment.
• Developed interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, diplomacy, tact, conflict management, delegation skills, and diversity awareness.
• Ability to work effectively with sensitive and confidential material and sometimes emotionally charged matters.
• Effective communication skills (oral, written, presentation), is an active listener, and effectively provides balanced feedback.
• Strong customer focus.
• Ability to build an engaging culture of quality, performance effectiveness and operational excellence through best practices, strong business and political acumen, collaboration and partnerships, as well as a positive employee, physician and community relations.
• Effectively manages own time, conflicting priorities, self, stress, and professional development.
• Self-motivated and self-starter with ability work independently with limited supervision.
• Ability to work remotely effectively as required.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, multi-site environment with demonstrated ability to juggle competing priorities and demands from a variety of stakeholders and sites.
• Proficiency in MS Office Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook required.
• Laboratory information system
• Laboratory instrumentation

Nice To Haves

• National lab certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze body fluids such as urine and blood.
• Perform proper quality control procedures before proceeding with patient testing.
• Perform routine clinical laboratory tests.
• Perform technical laboratory procedures with accuracy and precision, meeting the standard of all accreditation/regulatory agencies.
• Ensure adherence to correct testing policies, procedures, and quality assurance.
• Set up, calibrate, and maintain laboratory equipment to ensure efficient performance.
• Maintain cleanliness of the laboratory.
• Maintain adequate inventory of laboratory supplies.
• Place order with purchasing as needed.
• Comply with established safety guidelines.
• Comply with all Federal and State laws and regulations pertaining to patient care, patient’s rights, safety, billing, and collections.
• Adhere to all Company and departmental policies and procedures, including Disaster Recovery Plan and IT policies and procedures.
• Complete all duties required to keep laboratory in compliance with state and federal regulatory agencies.
• Perform compliance testing.
• Comply with protecting patient privacy.
• Maintain all logs as required.
• Initiate troubleshooting procedures when instrument malfunction occurs and contact instrument service company, if necessary.
• Submit monthly paperwork to consultant.
• Performs other duties and projects are assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• Comprehensive health insurance with a robust provider network
• 401k, which offers a 100% match and investment options, available to full-time and part-time staff members
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) program
• Annual summits providing employees a chance to collaborate with AON peers from across the country
• Professional development programs
• Tuition assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees