Mission Regional Medical center-posted 11 months ago
Full-time • Entry Level
Weslaco, TX
101-250 employees
Hospitals

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community! Knapp Medical Center, a member of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference. Knapp Medical Center is an award-winning, not-for-profit hospital in Weslaco, Texas. With 227 beds, the community hospital specializes in emergency care, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, wound care, surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology, critical care, and interventional radiology. Knapp serves as the only acute care hospital in the Mid-Valley area, as well as Weslaco's only Level III Trauma Center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, and Level II Newborn Nursery. Knapp has been providing quality and compassionate healthcare to Mid-Valley residents for 60 years. More than 300 physicians serve on the hospital's medical staff. Knapp also serves as one of the largest employers in the Mid-Valley, employing more than 450 people.

  • Perform skin puncture or venipuncture on patients of all ages for blood specimen collection.
  • Perform computer data entry, filing, telephone communication, and other clerical duties.
  • Possess adequate knowledge of the terminology of tests ordered in the laboratory.
  • Demonstrate good communication skills and telephone etiquette in greeting patients and visitors.
  • Demonstrate proper phlebotomy technique and use of equipment for specimen collection.
  • Process microbiology, immunology, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, chemistry, and blood bank specimens.
  • Process specimens for referral to reference laboratories.
  • Stock routine supplies and maintain cleanliness of storage areas and work areas.
  • Process or load specimens on automated laboratory instrumentation according to established policies.
  • Assist in picking up samples at the hospital/OR and sorting samples for analysis.
  • Assist in inventory, replenishing supplies, ordering supplies, and handling mail and deliveries.
  • High School Diploma or equivalent required.
  • BLS certification within 45 days of hire and maintained current required.
  • Minimum of one (1) year of clinical laboratory experience preferred.
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