Laboratory Assistant - Part Time / Days

What You Will Be Doing

• Develops and facilitates good working relationships with superiors, physicians, staff members and co-workers/peers.
• Contributes in problem-solving activities intra- and inter-departmentally.
• Demonstrates flexible staffing needs within the department.
• Uses department resources (supplies, equipment) in a cost-effective manner.
• Promotes/Provides Safe Patient Care: Demonstrates understanding that all employees are responsible for patient safety.
• Under the supervision and with on-the-job documented training by a Medical Technologist, performs waived testing, urine measurements and culture setups as allowed by Washington State and CLIA licensing.
• Obtains blood specimens from patients of all ages.
• Performs Drug Screen Collections and maintains DOT/NONDOT certifications.
• Ensures integrity of all samples through proper patient identification, labeling, appropriate tubes and techniques.
• Receives, sorts and organizes requisitions, enter lab orders in the computer, schedule tests and perform other Lab clerical tasks.

What You Will Bring To The Role

• A High School Diploma or GED.
• Certified by the State of Washington as a Medical Assistant-Phlebotomist (MA-P).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.
• Minimum six (6) months Phlebotomy Experience at Island Health or one (1) year documented experience as a Laboratory Assistant or equivalent as determined by Laboratory Director.
• Qualify under Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA).