Complex Specimen Processor

HCA Healthcare; Deerfield Beach (FL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) matching

Tuition assistance

Life insurance

Job summary

HCA Healthcare Laboratory Services seeks a Complex Specimen Processor to receive and prepare specimens for testing, ensuring accuracy and timely processing in a hospital lab setting.

The role requires a high school diploma or GED, with a vocational/technical diploma beneficial and 1–3 years’ lab experience, serving patients of all ages from infants to geriatrics. On-site position with extensive benefits and career growth.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Vocational/technical diploma is beneficial.
• 1–3 years of experience in a hospital or clinical laboratory setting.
• Experience with patients across all age groups from infancy to geriatrics.

Responsibilities

• Receive laboratory specimens into the LIS; process, sort and prepare specimens for referral laboratories.
• Label specimens and aliquots per established protocols and testing orders.
• Centrifuge and aliquot specimens.
• Prepare specimens for courier pick-up.
• Maintain records/documentation of specimen issues and take corrective action.
• Assess specimen requirements for referral testing and troubleshoot issues.
• Review Outstanding Specimen Report and pending referral testing issues.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Vocational/Technical diploma

Job description

Shift Time - 6am to 2:30 pm with every other weekend

Shift Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a Complex Specimen Processor? At HCA Healthcare Laboratory Services, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary And Qualifications

Seeking a hospital based Complex Specimen Processor like you to provide expertise and champion results. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels the patient experience is as meaningful as we do.

You will:

• Receive of laboratory specimens into the laboratory information system; Process, sort, and prepare specimens for submission to referral laboratories
• Label specimens and aliquots according to established protocols and according to testing ordered
• Centrifuge and aliquots specimens
• Prepare specimens for courier pick-up
• Keep appropriate records/documentation relating to specimen problems and take corrective action to ensure validity and accuracy of testing
• Assess specimen requirements for referral testing and troubleshoot any specimen requirement and/or referral testing specimen or order entry issues
• Review Outstanding Specimen Report (OSR) and pending referral testing issues

You Should Have:

• A completed High School Diploma or GED
• A Vocational/Technical diploma is beneficial
• 1-3 years of experience in a market or commercial clinical laboratory setting
• A wide range of experience with patients in all age groups from infancy to geriatrics

Benefits

HCA Healthcare Laboratory Services, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Healthcare Laboratory Services is a full-service provider of clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology services, providing hospitals, physicians, and clients with timely diagnostic information for patient care. Our infrastructure includes a fully automated esoteric core laboratory in Fort Lauderdale, a histology and microbiology operation in Largo, Florida, and a network of hospital-based rapid-response laboratories present in four HCA Healthcare divisions in Florida. Our core laboratories support more than 250 acute and rehab hospitals, physician practices, surgery centers, and commercial accounts.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Complex Specimen Processor opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.