Lab Assistant/Phlebotomist

imh; United States; On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Intermountain Health is seeking an experienced Laboratory Assistant II to join the Saint Joseph Hospital laboratory team in Denver, CO. The role includes heading special projects, handling research and product evaluations, and overseeing specimen processing workflows.

Responsibilities include ordering and delivering specimens, providing customer service support, and training new staff. The position offers exposure to EMR/LIS systems and advanced lab operations in a professional clinical setting.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• Demonstrated experience as a Lab Assistant within a healthcare system.
• Preferred: experience teaching concepts to others and customer service.
• Preferred: demonstrated experience as a Lab Assistant within Intermountain Health.

Responsibilities

• Head special projects including research, improvement, and evaluations.
• Order, prepare, and deliver specimens to testing facilities.
• Provide clerical, admin, and customer service support.
• Train and orient new caregivers.
• Monitor and maintain supply inventory.
• Perform waived testing and venipuncture/collection.
• Communicate procedures to patients and families with empathy.

Skills

Computer Literacy

Technical Writing

Laboratory Operations

Regulatory Requirements

Communication

Patient Care

Phlebotomy

Teamwork

Working Independently

Complex Problem Solving

Training and Mentoring

Clinical Staffing

Ability to work under pressure

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

EMR/LIS

Job description

Job Description:

Functions as part of a dynamic and engaging laboratory team in a professional setting. This caregiver is an experienced Laboratory Assistant who may act as a Team Lead or Trainer and serves as a resource to other caregivers, clinicians, and patients. The Laboratory Assistant II will be responsible for heading special projects, to include research, continuous improvement, and product evaluations. This position also orders, prepares, and delivers specimens to the appropriate department or testing facility. Caregivers in this role will gain valuable experience and knowledge to help prepare them for workplace and career advancement. The Laboratory Assistant II (LA II) is an experienced Lab Assistant, with advanced knowledge of specimen processing in the clinical and/or pathology areas of the lab.

Essential Functions

• Advanced knowledge of Electronic Medical Record and/or Laboratory Information System to place orders, receive specimens, route specimens, track specimens, store specimens, label specimens using the appropriate policy and procedure, and query test results. This may also include researching and resolving problems.
• Provides clerical, administrative, and customer service support to the department. Answers phones and provides information to nursing floor and physicians, office staff, couriers and patients. Dispatch of couriers, as required.
• Compassionately communicate procedures and instructions with patients, family members, and other caregivers and demonstrate empathy during every interaction. The Laboratory Assistant II may be responsible for deescalating stressful situations calmly and respectfully.
• Monitors and maintains supply inventory. May track usage and place orders.
• May perform waived testing
• Competent to perform specimen collection using many different techniques such as venipuncture, capillary puncture, PIVO, and throat swab collections. These caregivers collect specimens from patients of various acuities, such as Outpatient, Emergency Department, and Inpatient – including newborns, patients in intensive care, and all other areas of the hospital.
• Responsible for training and orientation of new caregivers.

Skills

• Computer Literacy
• Technical Writing
• Laboratory Operations
• Regulatory Requirements
• Communication
• Patient Care
• Phlebotomy
• Teamwork
• Working Independently
• Complex Problem Solving
• Training and Mentoring
• Clinical Staffing
• Ability to work under pressure

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• Demonstrated experience as a Lab Assistant within a healthcare system.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience teaching concepts to others. Customer service experience.
• Demonstrated experience as a Lab Assistant within Intermountain Health.

Physical Requirements

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.

Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.

Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.

For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location: Saint Joseph Hospital

Work City: Denver

Work State: Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$20.00 - $26.48

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

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