Employer Health Solutions Technician

Altru Health System; Grand Forks (ND); On-site; USD 24,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Altru Health System's Altru Family Medicine Center in Grand Forks, ND is seeking a DOT/medical testing technician. The role performs DOT and other agency-based drug and alcohol testing, along with clinical screenings such as PFTs, audiograms, and fit testing, while directing patients to ensure timely service.

The position also handles inventory, transports specimens, and supports data entry and billing to maintain compliance and quality standards for the department.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of DOT and other agency standards for drug/alcohol testing.
• Proficiency in reading, writing and speaking English.
• Ability to perform PFTs, audiograms and fit testing per certifications.

Responsibilities

• Receives and directs patients, visitors and professionals to ensure timely service.
• Collects and labels specimens, maintains chain of custody, and enters data for billing.
• Performs clinical screenings such as PFTs, audiograms, fit testing and drug screening as qualified.
• Performs clinical functions on workers per validation/certification.
• Provides on-site collections at area businesses and transports specimens to the department.
• Assists with data entry of company profiles into the database and monitors compliance.
• Completes inventory control and performs other duties as needed.

Job description

Everything we do is underscored by a why — and that why is one another.

Location

Altru Family Medicine Center, 1380 S. Columbia Rd., Grand Forks, ND 58201. Pay Range: $17.07 - $25.60

Summary

The role of the technician is in drug and alcohol testing utilizing Department of Transportation (DOT) and other agency or competency standards. The technician also completes clinic screenings, to include PFT's audiograms and fit testing. The technician directs patients and visitors to ensure their needs are met in a timely manner. This position also completes inventory control and transports supplies and collected specimens to other locations.

Essential Job Functions

• Receives and directs all patients, visitors and professionals ensuring that their needs are met in a timely manner. Answers telephone and voice mail and routes calls and messages promptly, courteously and in a helpful manner. Opens, sorts and processes mail, and answers routine correspondence as required.
• Collects and labels specimens, completes chain of custody on each specimen collected for drug/alcohol screen, enters the data into the computer, generates billing, and contacts appropriate mail agency for pickup for specimens.
• Performs clinical screenings to include but not limited to PFT’s, audiograms, Fit testing, and drug screening appropriate to skills validation and certifications.
• Performs clinical functions on workers appropriate to skills validation/certification.
• Provides on-site collections at area businesses. Transports supplies to on-site location and transports collected specimens back to the department.
• Assists with data entry of company profiles into database and billing of services as requested and monitors compliance.
• Completes inventory control.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

Certification

• Driver's License with Acceptable Driving Record | Driver's License - Current State Licensed | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources
• Basic Life Support (BLS) | American Heart Association (AHA) | Within 90 days of Start Date | Learning Management System

Language Requirements

This position requires proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English to ensure effective communication in the workplace and with patients, families, and team members.

Physical Demands

• Sit: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Stand: Frequently (34-66%)
• Walk: Continuously (67-100%)
• Stoop/Bend: Frequently (34-66%)
• Reach: Frequently (34-66%)
• Crawl: Not Applicable
• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Twist: Frequently (34-66%)
• Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)
• See: Continuously (67-100%)
• Hear: Continuously (67-100%)

Weight Demands

• Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Medium (20-40 pounds)
• Carry: Medium (20-40 pounds)
• Push/Pull: Light (10-20 pounds)
• Slide/Transfer: Medium (20-40 pounds)

Working Conditions

• Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)
• Outdoor: Not Applicable
• Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable

Driving Requirement Definitions

• Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
• Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
• Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
• Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position

Occasional Driver Reference ID: R8069

Making a real difference. For one another.

To take the best care of our patients and community — including friends, family, and neighbors — we need people who are committed to growth, excellence, and one another.

At Altru, you’ll find a culture where support and teamwork are at the heart of what we do. You’ll have opportunities to advance your skills, work with the latest technologies, experience the fulfillment that comes from giving back, and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join our team and be a part of a small community with a big heart.

Altru offers a comprehensive benefits package to its full- and part-time employees. Excellent benefits include a health plan and 401(k) retirement plan. Other benefits include a dental plan, vision plan, life and disability insurance, education assistance, paid time off (PTO)