Lab Associate III - Days

Overview

Progress West Hospital has a full-time Lab Associate III opportunity for an experienced phlebotomist and lab processor to work in an outpatient setting. This role involves sending out tests, pathology, and FNA collections. There is a great opportunity for growth in a laboratory setting.

Schedule

3 12-hour shifts (6:00am - 6:30pm) with rotating weekends and holidays.

Additional Information About The Role

Opened in 2007, Progress West Hospital is BJC HealthCare’s newest hospital in St. Charles County, featuring modern private rooms. It offers 24-hour emergency services and has partnered with St. Louis Children’s Hospital to provide world-class pediatric emergency care. Progress West Hospital also provides surgical services, endoscopy services, a cardiac catheterization lab, medical/surgical inpatient services, diagnostic imaging, lab services, and the Advanced Wound Center, a specialty wound treatment facility with state-of-the-art equipment. Progress West Hospital recently completed an expansion of its Childbirth Center to include enhanced services for at-risk mothers and babies, with a newborn ICU that provides care for babies born as early as 32 weeks. Progress West Hospital is a Certified Level II Stroke Center. The hospital’s medical office building houses offices for specialists in primary care, cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and orthopedics. Laboratory Services provide on-site services 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Point of Care Testing provides immediate diagnostics for emergency situations and On-site patient testing services include: Chemistry -- Hematology, Blood Bank -- Coagulation, Urinalysis, Clinical Microscopy Mobile Care Units used for bedside, in-patient blood work, patient identification, and accurate specimen labeling. Outpatient lab draw services 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic laboratory duties as assigned.
• Performs waived and moderate complex testing with appropriate training and competency, sweat chloride collections, EKGs, etc.
• Under supervision, reports test results as appropriate.
• Sorts and processes routine and specific high-level specimens received by the lab— including multistep technical processing (i.e., Histology, Microbiology, Cytology, etc.).
• Ensures correct processing and packaging for esoteric send-out tests.
• Captures and processes specimens from patients in a timely manner.
• Coordinates a simultaneous series of tasks accurately, including STAT orders and fluctuation in workload, prioritizing work to complete within scheduled hours and established turnaround times.
• Inventory management, equipment cleaning, maintenance, loading, etc.

Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or GED
• Experience: 2-5 years supervisor experience
• Licenses & Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS), Phlebotomy

Preferred Requirements

• Education: Associate's Degree

Benefits

BJC Total Rewards includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date. Disability insurance is paid for by BJC. An annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution is offered in the 401(k) plan with BJC match. Tuition Assistance is available on the first day. BJC Institute for Learning and Development, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time, and Adoption assistance are also provided.