Lab Support Technician Lead/Phlebotomist Lead

SSM Health at Home, WI; Vernon (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a Lab Support Technician Lead/Phlebotomist Lead for their Mt. Vernon location. This full-time position involves overseeing laboratory assignments and ensuring daily operations, aimed at delivering high standards of patient care. Candidates should possess a high school diploma or equivalent along with relevant experience in laboratory settings.

Benefits

Paid Parental Leave

Flexible Payment Options

Upfront Tuition Coverage

Qualifications

• High School diploma or 10 years of work experience.
• Two years' experience as a Lab Support Technician.
• Ability to perform phlebotomy and various waived testing.

Responsibilities

• Supervises assignments within the laboratory and acts as a resource to technicians.
• Ensures workflow completion following established procedures.
• Collects, labels, and processes specimens according to procedures.

Skills

Leadership

Customer Service

Attention to Detail

Education

High School diploma/GED

Job description

Lab Support Technician Lead/Phlebotomist Lead

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IL-SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon

Worker Type

Regular

Job Highlights

This is a full time variable shift Phlebotomist Lead position for SSM Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon. The schedule will be primarily 4:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and fill in occasionally for other shifts.

Pay Range

$15.80 - $23.70

Pay Rate Type

Hourly

SSM Health values the skills and talents that each team member brings to our organization. Compensation for this role is based on a variety of components including relevant experience, labor market, and other qualifications. The posted pay range for this position is what SSM Health reasonably expects, in good faith, to offer based on the circumstances at the time of posting. SSM Health may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.

Job Summary

Under direct supervision, supervises assignments within the laboratory and acts as a resource to Laboratory Support Technicians.

Primary Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Schedules, plans, delegates and supervises assignments. Provides feedback during performance review process.
• Ensures daily workflow is completed following established procedures.
• Assists leadership on projects of medium complexity and size.
• May orient new staff.
• Performs the loading and unloading of lab specimens from automated and non-automated instrumentation, as well as perform various waived testing.
• Assists customers including answering phones and responding to customer inquiries.
• Assists laboratory staff in the daily operation of the lab by collecting, labeling, processing and preserving blood, urine and other specimens according to established laboratory procedures.
• Enters, accesses and executes lab orders in the appropriate laboratory and electronic medical record system.
• Assists pre-analytical laboratory staff with competency assessments.
• Cleans and maintains laboratory supplies and work area.
• May update statistical records, labels tubes, and schedules processing runs.
• May perform moderate complexity testing.
• May perform phlebotomy and/or waived testing.
• Identifies patients using two identifiers.
• Performs a variety of administrative and clerical duties including admission activities, insurance verification, order entry processing and medical record processing.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

EDUCATION

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience.
  
  

Experience

• Two years' experience as a Lab Support Technician
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.
  
  

Required Professional License And/Or Certifications

• None
  
  

Department

3401000046 Laboratory

Work Shift

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Benefits

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.
  
  

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SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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