Laboratory Assistant, Day Shift, Full-time

About Us

St. Helena Hospital, located in one of the most beautiful regions in the United States, was founded in 1878 and has a rich history of innovative medical care. We are comprised of a 151-bed hospital, emergency department, and medical offices with centers of excellence in specialty care, including the Adventist Heart and Vascular Institute, Coon Joint Replacement Institute, Martin-O'Neil Cancer Center, and Behavioral Health units. Situated in the heart of Napa Valley, St. Helena offers an unsurpassed quality of life with outdoor adventure, luxurious spas, popular restaurants, and easy access to San Francisco or the coast.

Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 100 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with over 440 sites of care, including 27 acute care facilities. Our compassionate and talented team of more than 38,000 includes employees, physicians, Medical Staff, and volunteers driven by the mission of inspiring health, wholeness, and hope.

About the Role

Collects blood specimens, receives, handles, and processes specimens for Laboratory testing. Receives, sorts, and accessions specimens, assigning them to appropriate pre-analytic and analytic workflow. Completes computerized tasks related to patient registration, test order entry, specimen collection, receiving, and processing. Performs basic post-analytic tasks, including distributing reports, storing, and retrieving specimens. Completes quality-related tasks such as documentation, maintaining a clean and safe work area, monitoring pending work, and escalating priority tasks. Operates basic pre-analytic lab equipment while adhering to all regulations, policies, and procedures to ensure privacy and safety.

Responsibilities

• Collects blood specimens for a variety of Laboratory tests using age-appropriate techniques; handles and transports lab specimens and provides post-phlebotomy care to patients.
• Receives specimens for testing; assesses specimens upon receipt according to established criteria to determine acceptability and takes action according to protocol, including escalating to licensed or certified personnel for direction.
• Handles and processes a variety of specimen types to prepare them for analysis; adheres to protocols to maintain specimen integrity at all times.
• Completes computerized tasks to ensure complete patient registration and/or test order entry into the lab information system, as well as generation of collection lists and/or labels.
• Prepares and/or packages specimens for transport to another Adventist Health or outside reference laboratory and may complete computer steps necessary for processing referred specimens.
• Maintains an adequate inventory of supplies in the work area and/or on the phlebotomy cart.
• Maintains required records by completing basic documentation of pre-analytic and post-analytic work, as well as quality-related tasks.
• Participates in managing laboratory workflow by monitoring pending work, escalating priority work, locating specimens, and coordinating specimen recollections.
• Verbally communicates released/reported results. Routes, distributes, and retransmits released/reported results.
• Stores and retrieves specimens.
• Receives incoming calls for the laboratory and assists the caller as appropriate or transfers calls to the appropriate laboratory section or person.
• Communicates with customers to clarify ambiguous, unclear, or duplicate test orders.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Education/GED or equivalent: Required in CA; Preferred in OR and HI.
• Associate’s/Technical Degree or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Preferred.
• Experience in Phlebotomy in an acute care environment: Preferred.

Qualifications

• Certified Phlebotomy Technician I (CPTI) license: Required in CA; Preferred in OR and HI.
• Phlebotomy Tech (CPT) or Certified Phlebotomy Technician II (CPTII) license: Required.

Pay

The estimated base pay for this position is $25.89 to $33.27 per hour. Additional individual compensation may be available for this role through differentials, extra shift incentives, bonuses, etc. Base pay is only a portion of the total rewards package, and a comprehensive benefits program is available for qualifying positions.

Schedule

• Full-time regular
• Day Shift
• 8-hour shifts