Lab Support Technician I, Central Processing, Per Diem

UMass Memorial Health; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Signing bonus

Job summary

UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, MA is seeking a laboratory support professional to perform routine specimen processing, accessioning, triage and data entry duties. You will receive specimens from couriers, assign accession numbers, log manifests, handle pneumatic tube deliveries, prepare reagents and slides, and help maintain inventory and accurate records.

The position is non-exempt with a flexible schedule and potential signing bonus; a high school diploma and familiarity with data entry

Qualifications

• High School graduate with familiarity with data entry and medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• Receives specimens from couriers and checks manifests to verify count.
• Logs and assigns accession numbers to specimens and requisitions.
• Sorts and triages requisitions and specimens to appropriate workstation; completes and files manifests.
• Answers phones and communicates pertinent information; sends specimens via 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.
• Assists in ensuring adequate inventory of supplies; monitors inventory levels.
• Maintains accurate records of processes using manual and computer systems.
• Logs errors for specimens received with improper tubes or requisitions.
• Adheres to laboratory quality, health and safety policies and procedures.

Skills

Data entry

Medical terminology

Word processing

Education

High School diploma

Job description

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: $15.81 - $28.45

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 - No More Than Every Third Holiday, Monday through Friday, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)

Scheduled Hours: flexible

Shift: 4 - Mixed Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours: 0

Cost Center: 10020 - 3212 Central Processing

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

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.

Performs a variety of routine procedures with the collection, receiving, triaging and/or processing of laboratory requisitions and specimens involving technical and data entry duties.

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.

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.