Senior Medical Laboratory Asst, Immunohistochemistry - FT - Day
Cedars-Sinai•Los Angeles, CA
•$25 - $38
About The Position
The Senior Medical Laboratory Assistant works with minimal supervision from senior technical or clinical personnel. The role receives, processes, and distributes laboratory specimens and communicates information about tests and test results. The Senior Medical Laboratory Assistant also helps orient and train new employees, serves as a problem-solving resource, and acts as a Lead Medical Laboratory Assistant when a supervisor is absent. All duties are performed with sensitivity to the patient populations served.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Two years of clinical laboratory experience, including familiarity with laboratory information systems.
Responsibilities
- Enter patient demographic data, specimen collection information, and test orders into the laboratory information system.
- Transport, label, process or prepare, distribute, preserve, and store patient specimens.
- Operate and maintain selected laboratory equipment, such as centrifuges, cell washers, balances, or tissue processors.
- Perform routine operational and support functions, including preparing solutions or reagents, stocking supplies, disposing of specimens, cleaning and sterilizing glassware, and maintaining and storing records.
- Verify specimen identification and assess test-order appropriateness and specimen quality; recognize factors that may affect procedures and results, and take appropriate action when corrections are needed.
- Identify patients and patient samples according to established procedures, and label samples accurately and completely.
- Assume lead Medical Laboratory Assistant duties as assigned, coordinate area activities by setting work priorities, and adjust bench assignments when a supervisor is absent.
- Report test results to appropriate individuals and comply with HIPAA and patient privacy regulations.
- Participate in special projects or assignments.
- Perform other duties as assigned, depending on area of responsibility.
- Help orient and train new employees.
- Communicate information about tests and test results.
- Serve as a problem-solving resource.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
