Lab Assistant - Copley - Variable Shift - Full Time

300 Sharp HealthCare; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare in San Diego, California, seeks a laboratory support professional to provide technical knowledge and judgment to support the SHC mission and scope of laboratory services.

Responsibilities include documenting and processing lab results, assisting with all test processes, and ensuring duties are completed accurately according to policies, procedures, and training timelines.

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent.
• 1 Year Experience in a laboratory.

Responsibilities

• Documentation and processing of lab results.
• Assists with pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical test processes.
• Completes assigned duties and responsibilities without error using written policies, procedures and other appropriate resources.
• Performs new procedures and policies within acceptable training time intervals; meets department turnaround time goals.
• Evaluates work (e.g., billing, charting) performed for accuracy and verifies any questionable findings with thorough investigation and appropriate follow-through and seeks supervisory assistance and guidance as appropriate.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.
• Performs clerical functions related to patient reception, noninvasive sample collection, and able to demonstrate assessment of work related factors with regard to patient age and population specific groups.

Education

H.S. Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

Hours & Shift Information

Hours: Shift Start Time: Variable Shift End Time: Variable AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift Additional Shift Information: Weekend Requirements: As Needed On-Call Required: No

Pay

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $25.550 - $31.860 - $35.680 The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

Job Description (What You Will Do)

Provides the technical knowledge, expertise and judgment required to support the Sharp HealthCare (SHC) mission and scope of laboratory services.

Required Qualifications

H.S. Diploma or Equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

1 Year Experience in a laboratory

Essential Functions

Documentation and processing of lab results

Assists with pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical test processes.

Completes assigned duties and responsibilities without error using written policies, procedures and other appropriate resources.

Performs new procedures and policies within acceptable training time intervals; meets department turnaround time goals.

Evaluates work (e.g., billing, charting) performed for accuracy and verifies any questionable findings with thorough investigation and appropriate follow-through and seeks supervisory assistance and guidance as appropriate.

Performs additional duties as assigned.

Performs clerical functions related to patient reception, noninvasive sample collection, and able to demonstrate assessment of work related factors with regard to patient age and population specific groups.

Equipment management

Utilizes all equipment (including phone, copier, fax, etc.,) instruments, products, and other tools per manufacturer's and training instructions and according to established procedures; facilitates issue resolution.

Demonstrates competency and efficient use of all tool applications (IT, PC, other system/software) and equipment to produce the end product.

Performs and validates required preventive and corrective maintenance on equipment/tools.

Reports and documents equipment/tool/reagent issues and failures.

Actively manages inventory expiration dates and demonstrates ability to evaluate consumables (reagent/supply) inventory to prevent shortages; alerts ordering personnel.

Removes defective equipment from use, documents problem, and notifies appropriate personnel for repair; verifies equipment inspections are up-to-date.

Follows through on problem resolution.

Verifies equipment safety inspections are up-to-date.

Quality assurance

Completes and validates daily position tasks within expected timeframes to meet applicable Quality Assurance indicator goal expectations.

Proactively initiates communication and works cooperatively with others to successfully complete work assignments.

Establishes effective working relationships between internal and external customers.

Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability in work practices and adjusts to unscheduled situations.

Positively embraces and is receptive to change and actively participates in the process.

Performs additional duties as assigned.

Coordinates and completes processes in place to meet standards established to maintain quality testing processes.

Assists in identifying errors or variances and follows-through with investigation, correction, documentation as directed by lab leadership.

Equal Opportunity

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class

Company Overview

Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan.

We provide medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery.

Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care.

Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care.

At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families.

It’s what we call The Sharp Experience – treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care.

We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience by making Sharp the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine and the best place to receive care in San Diego.