Lab Aide

San Luis Valley Health; Alamosa (CO); On-site; USD 215,000 - 291,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Education benefits

Employee health center

Job summary

San Luis Valley Health in Alamosa, CO is hiring a full-time Lab Aide to collect blood specimens and support laboratory testing. The role may include nights, weekends, and holidays. A High School diploma is required. Duties include recording temperatures, operating the lab information system, handling patient results, and performing phlebotomy.

The position offers comprehensive benefits as part of a full-time package and requires strong communication and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Record daily temperatures of incubators, refrigerators, and other equipment.
• Use lab computer system for orders, records and billing.
• Answer phones, fax results, and handle patient result requests.

Responsibilities

• Record temperatures to ensure specimen quality.
• Use the LIMS to manage records, orders, and billing.
• Draw blood by venipuncture or capillary methods.
• Schedule and perform procedures as needed.
• Monitor inventory and stock supplies.

Skills

Venipuncture

Specimen handling

Record keeping

Telephone & results handling

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Laboratory information system

Job description

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Full-Time Alamosa, CO, US

4 days ago Requisition ID: 3077

Salary Range: $15.16 To $21.17 Hourly

The salary range displayed represents the typical salary of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

This position will remain open until 09/18/2026.

Do you have strong communication skills & pay close attention to detail? Do you enjoy working collaboratively with different groups of people in a variety of departments? If you are eager to learn how to collect blood specimens from patients to help facilitate testing by laboratory technologists, we would love for you to apply for our full-time Lab Aide position!

Please note, the position may work varying shifts including nights, weekends and holidays.

What You'll Need:

• High School diploma or equivalent, required

What You'll Do:

• Record daily temperatures of incubators, blood bank, refrigerators and other equipment to ensure the quality of supplies and specimens
• Utilize the Laboratory computerized management system to ensure timely and accurate record keeping, patient test ordering and billing, along with other specimen/billing processes.
• Answer phones, fax results and handle requests for patient results. Copy, fax and file lab reports.
• Schedule and perform procedures.
• Draw blood by venipuncture, and/or capillary techniques.
• Monitor inventory, order and stock supplies.

We Take Care of Our People

As the largest employer in the San Luis Valley, we commit to providing our employees with quality and affordable benefits to complement a fulfilling work experience and help balance life experiences and needs. To show our appreciation of your hard work, we offer a competitive and comprehensive total benefits package, including:

• Full medical, dental and vision plans to suit the needs of you and your family, with low-cost copays and deductibles, all without high out-of-pocket expenses.
• Enjoy a generous amountof Paid Time Off and Sick Leave in your first year with accruals starting on your first day!
• Start savingwith Retirement plans available from day one, providing up to 5% employer match after one year of employment.
• Free life and disability insurance benefits for full-time employees with the opportunity to purchase additional coverage at low costs.
• Add to your benefit packagewith a variety of voluntary benefits such as identity theft protection, medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts and more.
• Take care of yourselfwith our free on-site 24-hour employee health center, and discounts to a selection of local fitness/recreational centers.
• Keep learningby utilizing our education program benefits to foster your growth and development.
• Give back to the communitywith multiple opportunities throughout the year to volunteer with our own non-profit SLV Health Foundation and other SLV- and community-sponsored events.
• Discounts on cell-phone plans, ski/snowboard lift tickets, Dell computers, local pools, Adams State University functions and more!
• Your family is our familyso our employees and their family members have access to our employee support services, including up to four free counseling sessions to assist with work/life solutions.

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