Lab Assistant

This position is for PRN, as needed.

About the Role

The Laboratory Assistant is responsible for assisting with the technical and clerical aspects of the laboratory department, such as managing collection, acceptance, receipt, and processing of all specimens into the laboratory department(s).

• Complete computerized registration of patient samples using the laboratory information system (LIS).
• Perform waived testing, as trained.
• Assist technical staff by organizing and preparing samples for testing, including centrifugation, preparation of smears for staining, and placing samples on analyzers for testing that do not require programming.
• Contact external facilities to report stat and critical results.
• Complete basic quality control steps (e.g., sterility testing, new lot qualification).
• May include direct supervision of students at the discretion of the area supervisor, requiring the same licensure or completed training to satisfy the discipline of the student.

Requirements

High School Graduate / GED

Benefits

Grand Strand Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

About the Organization

Grand Strand Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1978, offering patients access to highly trained physicians and advanced technology. With over 40 years of pioneering healthcare, our 300+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities. We offer a range of services, including:

• The only cardiac surgery program, neurosurgery program, and pediatric intensive care unit in the region.
• A Level I trauma center with two free-standing emergency departments.
• Advanced wound care center, breast cancer center, and Carolina Forest Imaging Center.

We are recognized for excellence in chest pain, knee and hip replacement, sepsis, and stroke by The Joint Commission. At Grand Strand Health, caring extends to our patients, our people, and our South Carolina community. We are committed to each other to ensure patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.