Clinical Laboratory Assistant

Sentara Health Plans; Norfolk (VA); Hybrid; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

401k/403B with Employer Match

Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

Life Insurance

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, VA is seeking a Clinical Lab Assistant to work part-time evenings in the clinical lab (2:00 PM – 10:30 PM). The role involves primary entry of specimens, labeling, processing and distribution based on testing orders, and interaction with hospital staff.

You will monitor supply levels in the specimen processing area and operate/maintain laboratory equipment, while addressing internal and external inquiries.

Qualifications

• HS – High School Grad or Equivalent Certification/Licensure; No specific certification or licensure requirements.
• 1 year healthcare experience (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Primary point of contact for all specimen entry into the laboratory.
• Labels, processes, and distributes based on testing ordered and required.
• Monitors supply levels in the specimen processing area.
• Operates and maintains laboratory equipment; responsible for internal and external customer inquiry and problem resolution.
• Frequent interaction with hospitals, nursing facilities, and physician office staff.

Education

HS – High School Grad or Equivalent Certification/Licensure

Job description

City/State Norfolk, VA

Work Shift Second (Evenings)

Overview: Sentara Leigh Hospital is hiring a Clinical Lab Assistant to work part time evenings in the clinical lab. (2p-1030p)

Overview

Primary point of contact for all specimen entry into the laboratory. Labels, processes, and distributes based on testing ordered and required. Monitors supply levels in the specimen processing area. Operates and maintains laboratory equipment; responsible for internal and external customer inquiry and problem resolution. Frequent interaction with hospitals, nursing facilities, and physician office staff.

Education

HS – High School Grad or Equivalent Certification/Licensure No specific certification or licensure requirements

Experience

1 year healthcare experience (preferred)

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan

Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977. Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016, including two new patient towers, a beautiful atrium, and a multi-story parking garage. Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care, from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services. Along with being a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care, heart, vascular, maternity care, and general surgery. We are also home to the region’s only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, wounds that won’t heal, infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen, airborne chemical exposures, and scuba diving accidents.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Sentara Health is a Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina based not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that has been in business for over 131 years. Offering hundreds of sites of care including 12 hospitals, PACE, home health, hospice, medical groups, imaging services, therapy, outpatient surgery centers, and an 858,000 member health plan.

The people of the communities that we serve have nominated Sentara Employer of Choice for over ten years. U.S. News and World Report has recognized Sentara as having the Best Hospitals for 15+ years. Sentara offers professional development and a continued employment philosophy!