LAB ASSISTANT 1-PRN

Essential Functions And Basic Duties

Supervisory-Specific Performance Expectations, Duties, and Responsibilities: N/A

Position-Specific Performance Expectations, Duties, And Responsibilities

• Treats all customers in a professional, courteous, and prompt manner.
• Demonstrates a professional and caring attitude.
• Compliant with Departmental and Hospital Policies and Procedures and State/Federal Regulations.
• Adheres to policies and procedures for infection control, HIPPA, as well as safety and risk management.
• Completes required emergency planning drills.
• Interacts with other departments in solving problems and working as a team.
• Participates in interdepartmental process improvements and process evaluation.
• Attends monthly staff meetings.
• Serves as a liaison between the clinic and hospital labs and as a reference for nursing staff.
• Keeps supplies stocked and ordered as needed.
• Ensures accurate patient demographics and tests are entered in computer data base.
• Provides necessary instructions to customers for specimen collection.
• Answers telephone and assists caller as needed.
• Proficient in phlebotomy skills for all ages using appropriate collection devices.
• Prepares specimens to ship to reference labs.
• Performs venipunctures and collects blood cultures.
• Collections from throat, nares, and nasopharyngeal samples.
• Starts tests and obtains specimens for glucose tolerance tests.
• Performs drug and breath alcohol screens.
• Performs paternity collections.
• Participates in proficiency testing.
• Calls critical values per department policy.
• Proficient in performing CLIA waived testing.
• Proficient in performing quality control for CLIA waived testing.
• Pack, unpack, and receive blood products.
• Responds to Code Blue and Traumas.
• Exhibits proper use of two patient identifiers.
• Applies guidelines for age appropriate and patient mental status.
• Performs quality control on Glucometer each day of use.
• Disposes of and changes sharps containers.
• Reconciles DTC reports.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years of age (21 for positions requiring driving, with a valid driver’s license).
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Must successfully pass a background check.
• Must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen and breath alcohol test (if applicable).
• Must complete an Employee Health meeting prior to starting employment.