Lab Assistant & Specimen Processor — Help Heal Patients

LCMC Health; Metairie (LA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health is seeking a Laboratory Assistant to join East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, LA. Working under the supervision of medical practitioners, you will collect and label specimens, prepare them for testing, and help ensure accurate processing and timely results.

You will assist technologists with set up, run basic tests, manage LIS data, monitor supplies, and maintain logs. This role requires attention to detail, confidentiality, and a compassionate approach to patient care.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED or 1 year of directly related experience required.
• American Heart Association BLS certification.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

LIS (Laboratory Information System)

Job description

LCMC Health is seeking a Laboratory Assistant to join East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, LA. Working under the supervision of medical practitioners, you will collect and label specimens, prepare them for testing, and help ensure accurate processing and timely results.

You will assist technologists with set up, run basic tests, manage LIS data, monitor supplies, and maintain logs. This role requires attention to detail, confidentiality, and a compassionate approach to patient care.