Lab Assistant PRN

HCA Healthcare; Blacksburg (VA); On-site; USD 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

Savings and retirement resources

Education support

Additional benefits

Job summary

Lab Assistant PRN role at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, an HCA Healthcare facility, supports accurate specimen processing and compliant registration procedures. The work requires precision, the ability to operate with limited supervision, and effective teamwork across departments.

Candidates will handle potentially infectious specimens, prioritize tasks, and maintain competency in laboratory data systems. Benefits and a flexible schedule are available in a large, ethical healthcare system.

Qualifications

• Ability to review and understand department and Hospital manuals and procedures to properly carry out job duties.
• Clerical perception, attention to detail and finger dexterity to transcribe data from requisitions to the computer ordering system.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Ensures accurate specimen processing to maintain specimen integrity.
• Prepares specimens for testing and distributes specimens accordingly, noting special requirements and prioritizing delivery.
• Evaluates specimen acceptability for testing.
• Makes decisions and establishes priorities for specimen processing based on policies and procedures.
• Works independently with limited supervision.
• Processes potentially infectious specimens for testing.
• Understands patient registration functions as they relate to referred lab specimens.
• Performs registration procedures accurately and efficiently to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrates initial and annual competency in specimen processing, including all computer related functions.

Job description

Job Summary and Qualifications

Position Objective

Ensures accurate specimen processing to maintain specimen integrity. Performs registration procedures accurately and efficiently in order to ensure regulatory compliance. Performs various clerical duties. Communicates effectively and works cooperatively with others to optimize job performance and foster working relationships.

Essential Position Functions

Lab Aide Position Specific Performances

• Knows policies, procedures and practices necessary to perform specimen processing duties
• Ensures accurate specimen processing to maintain specimen integrity
• Prepares specimens for testing and distributes specimens accordingly, noting special requirements and prioritizing delivery to the department
• Evaluates specimen acceptability for testing
• Makes decisions and establishes priorities for specimen processing based on established policies and procedures
• Works in an independent manner with limited supervision
• Process potentially infectious specimens for testing
• Understands patient registration functions as they relate to referred lab specimens
• Performs registration procedures accurately and efficiently in order to ensure regulatory compliance
• Demonstrates initial and annual competency in specimen processing, including all computer related functions

Non-Essential Position Functions

Performs other duties as assigned or as judgment or necessity dictates

Position Qualifications

Ability to review and understand department and Hospital manuals and procedures in order to properly carry out job duties. Clerical perception, attention to detail and finger dexterity required to rapidly and accurately transcribe data from requisitions to the computer ordering system. Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Expected Hours of Work

Lab staffing expected hours of work

Flexibility is required

To include – rotating weekends, holidays and over time

Benefits

LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, 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.

Hourly Wage Estimate: $13.00 - $17.55 / hour

Learn more about the benefits offered ( https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/prn-employee-benefits-and-rewards ) for this job.

The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Lab Assistant PRN? At LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

LewisGale Hospital Montgomery (https://lewisgale.com/locations/lewisgale-montgomery/) has provided quality healthcare services since 1910. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 140+ bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in Southwest Virginia and New River Valley. We specialize in heart and vascular care—with the only cardiac catheterization lab in the New River Valley. We perform percutaneous coronary intervention - (stent and angioplasty). We provide services in orthopedic and spine care, and heartburn treatment at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery’s Heartburn Treatment Center. Our maternity services through our family-focused Birthing Center facilities have award-winning lactation consultants.

At LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s 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.

\"Good people beget good people.\"- 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.