Lab Support Technician I, Central Processing, 24hr, Eve

HAHHH; Worcester (MA); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

UMass Memorial Health is hiring for a laboratory assistant position in Central Massachusetts. You will receive specimens, assign accession numbers, and route materials to the proper workflow while maintaining accurate records and following safety policies.

Qualified candidates have a high school diploma and familiarity with data entry and medical terminology. The role may involve evening shifts, with a structured schedule and non-exempt status.

Qualifications

• High School graduate with familiarity in data entry and medical terminology.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
• No specialized certification required if responsibilities are met.

Responsibilities

• Receives specimens and checks manifests to verify counts.
• Logs and assigns accession numbers to specimens and requisitions.
• Sorts and triages to the correct workstation; files manifests.
• Answers telephones and communicates pertinent information.
• Sends specimens via pneumatic tube or dumbwaiter.
• Performs basic pneumatic tube troubleshooting via computer.
• Processes specimens including centrifugation, pour-off and labeling.
• Registers short form outreach specimens from clients.
• Supports inventory and ensures adequate supplies.
• Maintains accurate process records in manual and computer systems.
• Logs errors for specimens received without proper tubes/requisitions.
• Complies with laboratory quality, health and safety policies.

Skills

Data entry

Medical terminology

Education

High School diploma

Tools

Computer systems

Pneumatic tube system

Job description

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt Hiring Range: $20.00 - $33.20

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details: Holidays - Every Third Holiday, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday) Scheduled Hours: 24hr, Eves: 4-9:30PM on weekday shifts and 3-11:30PM weekends Shift: 2 - Evening Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America) Hours: 24 Cost Center: 10020 - 3212 Central Processing Union: UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers)

Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Major Responsibilities

• Receives specimens from couriers and checks manifests to verify appropriate count.
• Logs and assigns accession numbers to specimens and requisitions received.
• Sorts and triages requisitions and specimens to appropriate workstation; completes and files manifests.
• Answers telephones and communicates pertinent information.
• Send specimens and carriers to various sites using pneumatic tube or dumbwaiter.
• Performs minor troubleshooting of pneumatic tube through computer.
• Processes specimens including centrifugation, pour-off, aliquoting, and labeling.
• Registers short form outreach specimens received from clients.
• Performs a variety of routine duties to assist in laboratory processes, such as: Preparing reagents and stains, preparing slides and specimens, drawing blood, autoclaving and washing of glass wear, disposal of biohazardous waste, collecting occasional specimens from outreach patients at Biotech I.
• Performs assigned duties to assist in ensuring, an adequate inventory of supplies for assigned area.
• Monitors inventory levels and stores equipment and supplies in a neat and orderly manner.
• Maintains accurate records of processes performed, using manual and computer-based systems.
• Logs in error book specimens that are received without proper tubes or requisitions.
• Complies with all laboratory quality, health and safety policies, regulations and requirements and with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.

Position Qualifications

• License/Certification/Education: Required: High School graduate; familiarity with data entry and/or word processor and medical terminology. Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.
• preferred 4-9:30pm shift on weekdays, 3-11:30PM on weekends

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other.

Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind.

If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver.

No matter their responsibilities or title, every employee or “caregiver” fills an important role for our patients and their families every day.

Who is a caregiver? It’s not just the person who delivers the care. It’s all the people who make it work ... and make it better.

Caregivers give everything that helps patients heal, from expertise to extra attention. They give clean, comfortable rooms. Fast, accurate answers. And an easier, less stressful experience. They give warm, reassuring smiles, and helping hands. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, our community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.