Laboratory Technician Assistant 2

Job Responsibilities

• Affords assistance in educating/training new team members while serving as a preceptor.
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and well-stocked department and alerts appropriate personnel of shortages.
• Reviews system pending reports (e.g., WCP, WQS, PLR, PTR, etc.) for reference and laboratory tests, resolving issues accordingly.
• Communicates effectively during downtime processes according to facility standard operating procedures (SOP).
• Prioritizes STAT/routine specimens as they arrive in the Laboratory or on pending lists per facility SOP and manages workload efficiently.
• Evaluates specimen acceptability for testing (e.g., clots/hemolysis) and distributes specimens accordingly while noting special requirements and prioritizing delivery to the department or other Laboratories.
• Manages specimen accessioning accurately and efficiently to ensure quality specimens for Laboratory testing.
• Accurately labels smears, media plates, centrifuge tubes (urine or otherwise), etc.
• Performs 24-hour urine container preparation/receipt, verifying collection technique, total volume, and correct preservative as per facility policy.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• Minimum 1 year of laboratory experience in a clinical laboratory environment or as a phlebotomist.

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality, and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.