Lab Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED provided before the start date.
• Certified Phlebotomy Technician I (CPTI) or Certified Phlebotomy Technician II (CPT II) provided before the start date.
• Knowledge and practice of standard principles, processes, procedures, and equipment for ordering laboratory testing, collecting blood specimens, interacting compassionately and effectively with patients, and handling and processing biological specimens routinely submitted to the laboratory.
• Ability to perform job duties and assigned tasks accurately, precisely, and reliably.
• Ability to organize and prioritize duties and tasks for completion within expected timeframes.
• Ability to respond appropriately to fluctuations in volume, unexpected situations or problems such as equipment or information-system failure, shift-to-shift handoffs, STAT orders, specimen integrity issues, and pending logs or priority assignments.
• Ability to follow standard practices, processes, and procedures in sequence.
• Knowledge of applicable regulations, codes, policies, and procedures aimed at ensuring patient privacy and safety.
• Critical-thinking and decision-making skills, including recognizing and appropriately escalating complex or unusual deviations, problems, occurrences, and outcomes.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and communicate current, factual, and relevant work information.

Responsibilities

• Collect blood specimens.
• Receive, handle, sort, and accession specimens for laboratory testing and assign them to the appropriate pre-analytic and analytic workflow.
• Complete computerized tasks related to patient registration and/or test order entry, specimen collection, receiving, and processing.
• Perform basic post-analytic tasks, including distributing reports and storing and/or retrieving specimens.
• Document work and complete quality-related tasks.
• Maintain a clean, stocked, and safe work area.
• Monitor pending work and escalate priority work.
• Operate and/or use basic pre-analytic laboratory equipment.
• Interact compassionately and effectively with patients of diverse ages, backgrounds, values, beliefs, and behaviors.
• Follow applicable local, state, and federal regulations, codes, policies, and procedures to protect patient privacy and safety.