Lab Assistant

HCA Healthcare; Ogden (UT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) match

Education support

Life insurance

Discount programs

Job summary

HCA Healthcare's Ogden Regional Medical Center is hiring a Laboratory Assistant to join the Laboratory team. You will collect blood samples, ensure proper patient identification, label specimens, and transport them to the lab for testing with a focus on quality and accuracy.

The role includes maintaining records, providing courteous patient service, and training new staff. Prior specimen receiving and phlebotomy experience are preferred, along with good computer and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Good computer skills and clerical ability.
• Prior specimen receiving experience preferred.
• Phlebotomy experience preferred.
• Course in medical terminology preferred.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Collects blood samples ensuring proper patient identification and labeling of samples.
• Follows hospital policies and procedures for transporting/delivering samples to Laboratory.
• Receives specimens into computer system and delivers them to the appropriate areas of the lab for testing.
• Maintains strict quality control for procedures.
• May perform special tests such as glucose tolerance tests.
• Streaking plates for microbiology set up, perform and report specific waived testing.
• Maintains records of tests performed and blood samples taken.
• Maintains needed equipment and supplies.
• Provides age and culturally appropriate care.
• Orients and mentors new staff members.
• Follows Standard Precautions using PPE as required.
• Provides courteous and caring customer service and support to patients, family members, physicians, and their office staff.
• Orders Laboratory tests and, when necessary, sends specimens to a reference laboratory.
• Verifies documentation on incoming orders and maintains necessary logs.
• Sends test results of outpatients to the attending physician.
• Trains new employees and others in specimen receiving duties and responsibilities.

Skills

Computer skills

Specimen receiving experience

Phlebotomy experience

Medical terminology

Communication skills

Driver’s license

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Laboratory Assistant at our facility, you will be an integral part of our Laboratory team. We are a highly functioning team that supports many different departments and has a passion for providing the best patient care through compassionate, professional interactions and reliable testing. In this role:

• Collects blood samples ensuring proper patient identification and labeling of samples.

• Follows hospital policies and procedures for transporting/delivering samples to Laboratory.

• Receives specimens into computer system and delivers them to the appropriate areas of the lab for testing.

• Maintains strict quality control for procedures.

• May perform special tests such as glucose tolerance tests.

• Streaking plates for microbiology set up, perform and report specific waived testing.

• Maintains records of tests performed and blood samples taken.

• Maintains needed equipment and supplies.

• Provides age and culturally appropriate care.

• Orients and mentors new staff members.

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

• You will provide courteous and caring customer service and support to patients, family members, physicians, and their office staff.

• You will order Laboratory tests and, when necessary, send specimens to a reference laboratory.

• You will verify documentation on incoming orders and maintain necessary logs.

• You will send test results of outpatients to the attending physician.

• You will train new employees and others in specimen receiving duties and responsibilities.

Qualifications:

• Good computer skills; filing/clerical skills.

• Prior specimen receiving experience preferred.

• Phlebotomy experience preferred.

• Course in medical terminology preferred.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Valid driver’s license.

Benefits

Ogden Regional Medical Center, 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 (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Ogden Regional Medical Center has been delivering exceptional care for over 75 years. Our 230 plus bed hospital offers a full array of medical services. We are dedicated to providing high-quality healthcare. Ogden Regional is a certified Level II Trauma Center, Stroke Center, and Joint Center.

Affiliated with our hospital is Pleasant View Emergency Center . This fully equipped, freestanding facility features board-certified physicians. Our nurses and technicians are specially trained in emergency medical care and available on a 24/7 basis.

Located 10 miles north of our main hospital, PVER features 10 plus treatment rooms, comprehensive imaging technology and a medical laboratory onsite, which help to ensure accurate and prompt care.

Ogden Regional Medical Center and Pleasant View Emergency Center sit at the heart of the Wasatch Mountain range. The area has abundant outdoor recreation including hiking, biking, rock climbing, watersports and three ski resorts within a half-hour drive; Ogden offers the lure of outdoor living and the culture of city life.

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

There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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.