What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lab Assistant position at Magruder Hospital?
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Magruder Hospital offers competitive wages with a comprehensive benefit package available to both full-time and part-time employees. We provide a full health plan and generous time off that includes Holidays, Vacation, Sick, Personal, and even your Birthday! Our culture and family friendly work environment truly set us apart- apply today for an opportunity to join our team and help serve this great community!
The Lab Assistant will assist the Lab Manager, Technologists, Technicians, and Pathologists by performing various clerical and laboratory related duties.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Collects specimens for urine drug screens following the federal guidelines and identifies patients properly before specimen collection
- Performs venipunctures, heelsticks, fingersticks, and other specimen collection procedures on inpatients, outpatients, emergency department patients, and patients outside the hospital facility in a competent manner that does not result in the need for repeat collections or valid complaints from patients or clients.
- Performs and participates in community screening functions.
- Assists Lab Manager and Department Director with documentation and other assigned tasks.
- Processes outpatients, inpatients, emergency department patients, and patients outside the hospital facility by ordering the proper testing and having the proper distribution listed.
- Distributes reports by fax, mail, or in-house distribution to the proper physician and/or location.
- Files results, physician orders, and other laboratory paperwork in an efficient and prompt manner.
- Research requests from patients, physicians, nursing units, and other entities for information or reports
- Processes the final reports for urine drug screens and breath alcohols.
- Processes and keeps an accountability of referred specimens to include histology and cytology specimens.
- Restocks supplies and informs Laboratory Management when supplies need to be reordered.
- Audits charges and other fiscal records (i.e. daily charges, end of month reports, census sheets, etc.) accurately and promptly.
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent
- Venipuncture experience
- Training through a certified phlebotomy school or 3 years experience
- Typing skills are essential for this position and computer familiarity is preferred.
- Assume responsibility and function by working independently without constant direct supervision.
- Detail oriented.
- Possess a valid driver’s license.
Preferred:
- Phlebotomist Certification
Magruder Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class under the law.
Magruder Hospital is a Tobacco and Drug Free Workplace. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment drug screening, including screening for the presence of nicotine, satisfactory completion of background verification, and the results of a post-offer medical examination, if required by the hospital.
Salary : $33,200 - $42,100
