Lab Assistant I - Sharp Tri-City - Day Shift - Per Diem

150 Sharp Tri-City Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 41,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare is seeking a Laboratory Assistant I to perform specimen collection, handling, transport, processing, and clerical support in the clinical laboratory. You will assist Clinical Laboratory Scientists with automated, semi-automated and manual procedures while maintaining safety and infection control standards.

Required CPT certification (CPT I or CPT II) or California CPT requirements; preferred life sciences degree and 1 year in a lab with phlebotomy experience to help support

Qualifications

• Meets education requirements for California CPT Certification.
• Associate's Degree in life science courses or equivalent preferred.
• 1 year relevant laboratory experience preferred; phlebotomy experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a safe, clean working environment and infection control.
• Perform specimen collections including venipuncture and capillary sticks.
• Process and transport specimens; enter requisitions and distribute to sections.
• Centrifuge and aliquot specimens; handle blood culture bottles on instrumentation.
• Answer calls, triage, review logs, locate samples for add-ons; report results to clinicians.
• Assist in Reception/Triage; order tests in LIS; verify orders with nursing/physician offices.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Medical terminology

Communication

Infection control

Education

California CPT Certification (CPT I or CPT II)

Associate's Degree in life sciences

Tools

LIS

Job description

Hours

Shift Start Time: Variable Shift End Time: Variable AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift Additional Shift Information: Weekend Requirements: Every Other On-Call Required: No Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $29.710 - $29.710 - $32.690

What You Will Do

The primary functions of the Laboratory Assistant I are specimen collection, specimen handling and transport, specimen processing– including reference laboratory specimen processing and microbiology specimen processing clerical support, inventory monitoring, and assisting the Clinical Laboratory Scientist in the performance of automated, semi-automated and manual procedures in the clinical laboratory.

Required Qualifications

Other Meets education requirements for California CPT Certification.

• California Certified Phlebotomy Technician I (CPT I) Certificate - CA Department of Public Health; OR California Certified Phlebotomy Technician II (CPT II) Certificate - CA Department of Public Health -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in life science courses or equivalent.
• 1 Year relevant work experience in a laboratory.
• Minimum 6 months Phlebotomy experience.

Essential Functions

• Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements.
• Perform specimen collections, includes venipuncture and capillary sticks.
• Process specimens received in the laboratory. This task includes specimen transport, handling, sorting, requisition entry, distribution of specimens to all laboratory sections.
• Centrifuge and aliquot specimens to appropriate containers.
• Enter blood culture bottles on the blood culture instrumentation.
• Answer the telephone, triage calls appropriately, take appropriate messages; review pending logs; locate samples for add on orders; look up patient reports on computer and give results to clinicians where appropriate.
• Assists in the Reception/Triage area of the Lab, as needed.
• Order tests in the LIS.
• Contact nursing units or physician’s offices to verify confusing incomplete or confusing orders or sample problems.
• Under the direct observation of the Clinical Laboratory Scientist, set up and load tests on instruments or procedures as determined by the section lead.
• Under the direct observation of the Clinical Laboratory Scientist, perform limited function checks and preventative maintenance on instruments and equipment.
• Take inventory of reagents and supplies and restock when needed; put away supplies as they are received.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge and ability to use medical terminology, preferred. Excellent professional communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

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

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.