Advanced Laboratory Assistant

Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health is hiring a full-time Laboratory Technician for the Core Lab: Microbiology at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. The role requires a Bachelor's degree and relevant clinical lab experience.

Schedule is 21:30-08:00, four days per week with rotating Saturdays. You will accession and register specimens, maintain quality, prepare reagents, operate equipment, and support CAP requirements while contributing to patient care in a busy hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Prior clinical lab experience required.
• Bachelor's degree in a life sciences field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accurately accession and register specimens for processing and testing.
• Maintain high quality and productivity per department standards.
• Label and process specimens; deliver to technical areas as assigned.
• Prepare solutions, reagents and supplies as assigned.
• Operate all required laboratory equipment.
• Answer phones and paging as needed.
• Follow CAP requirements.

Skills

Clinical lab experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Department: 60983 Carolinas Medical Center - Core Lab: Microbiology

Status: Full time

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Hours Per Week: 40

Schedule Details/Additional Information: 21:30-08:00 4 days per week with rotating Saturdays.

The ideal candidate would possess previous clinical lab experience.

Pay Range: $22.90 - $34.35

Essential Functions

• Accurately accessions and registers specimens for processing and testing.
• Maintains high quality and productivity as required by department.
• Follows designated procedures for labeling and processing; sort and deliver specimens to technical areas as assigned.
• Prepares solutions, reagents and supplies as assigned.
• Operates all necessary equipment in designated laboratory.
• Answers phone and paging system as needed.
• Follows College of American Pathologists (CAP) requirements.

Physical Requirements

Works in a busy environment around physicians, technologists, and other hospital team member. Works in an area, which contains biohazardous (infectious) materials along with chemical, fire, and mechanical hazards. Each team member has the responsibility to work in a safe manner. May be required to stoop, reach and lift light (20 pound) to moderately heavy (50 pound) loads. May be required to stand and or walk for extended periods of time.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Bachelor's degree required. Degree in chemical, biological, or life sciences preferred.

Our CommitmenttoYou:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

• Incentive pay for select positions

• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs

• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, andShort- and Long-Term Disability

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.