Lab Assistant-Core Lab Send-Outs

100 LCMC Health; United States; On-site; USD 22,041 - 30,307; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health is seeking a Laboratory Assistant to support medical technologists and lab staff in procedural setup, specimen handling, and clerical duties. The role involves preparing testing, labeling and routing specimens, and maintaining accurate records in the LIS.

Responsibilities include routine lab testing, inventory checks, specimen collection assistance, and document scanning within the hospital information system. This position is full-time and on-site in the United States.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Responsibilities

• Assist medical technologists with procedural setup, specimen processing, and related tasks.
• Label, process, and distribute specimens according to department standards.
• Set up lab testing and/or procedures for medical technologists to read.
• Perform routine laboratory testing.
• Respond to specimen receipt and route within the LIS, matching orders and entering collection information.
• Maintain the rejection log with communication documentation.
• Provide clerical duties: retrieve laboratory results and fax to the office/unit when appropriate.
• Scan necessary documents into the hospital information system.
• Check instruments and benches for reagents and supplies; notify when inventory is low.
• Assist with specimen collection and determine collection requirements and techniques for the requested tests.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Responsibilities

• Assist medical technologists and other lab staff with procedural setup, specimen plating, slide staining, and related tasks.
• Label, process, and distribute specimens according to department standards.
• Set up lab testing and/or procedures for medical technologists to read.
• Perform routine laboratory testing.
• Respond to specimen receipt via the pneumatic tube system or specimen drop‑off; deliver to department sections, match specimens to orders in the LIS, and enter collection information.
• Maintain the rejection log with appropriate communication documentation.
• Provide clerical duties: retrieve laboratory results, fax to the office/unit as appropriate.
• Scan necessary documents into the hospital information system.
• Check instruments and assigned benches for appropriate reagents and supply levels; replenish when necessary and notify the appropriate person/team of low inventory items.
• Record receipt of supplies, verify deliveries to the department, document receipt in the department’s supply logbook, and label incoming supplies with the received date before stocking.
• Monitor reagent expiration dates; notify the appropriate person of any expired tubes or supplies, and report any defective, contaminated, or otherwise unacceptable items.
• Assist with specimen collection, determine appropriate specimen collection requirements and techniques for the requested tests, and the amount of specimen required.

Must‑Haves

• High School Diploma or GED, or one year of directly related experience.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Work Shift

Days (United States of America)

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

LCMC Health is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.