Laboratory Support Specialist

Mclaren-Health-Care; Flint (MI); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is seeking a Laboratory Support Specialist to coordinate and maintain workflow for laboratory office tasks, ensuring efficient operations.

You will perform general office duties, interface with customers, staff, and physicians, manage files, data entry including ICD-10 and CPT coding, and support pathologists.

This full-time role offers day shift 5:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with 72 hours per pay and opportunities for growth in a large health system.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Clerical experience in a laboratory setting preferred.
• Medical transcription experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs general office duties including faxing, copying, scanning, and filing.
• Communicates with customers, staff, and physicians to answer questions and report results.
• Maintains office equipment and orders supplies.
• Creates, maintains, and updates files, databases, records, and other documents.
• Data entry that supports office needs, ICD-10 and CPT coding, and outreach registrations.
• Transcribes dictation reports and clerical duties that support pathologists.
• Dispatches and manages slides and specimens for consults, referrals and other requests.
• Dispatches phlebotomy draws as needed.
• Assists with maintaining employee records and storage of regulatory certifications.
• Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Skills

Clerical experience

Medical Transcription experience

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Job Title: Laboratory Support Specialist

Department: Laboratory

Shift: Days

Daily Work Times: 5:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Scheduled Hours per Pay: 72

Position Summary:

Coordinates and maintains consistent workflow of all Laboratory office tasks to ensure efficient operations.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Performs general office duties including faxing, copying, scanning, and filing.

2. Communicates with customers, staff, and physicians to answer questions and report results.

3. Maintains office equipment and orders supplies.

4. Creates, maintains, and updates files, databases, records, and other documents.

5. Data entry that supports office needs, ICD-10 and CPT coding, and outreach registrations.

6. Transcribe dictation reports, and clerical duties, that supports pathologists.

7. Dispatches and manages slides and specimens for consults, referrals and other requests.

8. Dispatches phlebotomy draws as needed.

9. Assists with maintaining employee records and storage of regulatory certifications.

10. Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED

Preferred Qualifications:

• Clerical experience in a laboratory setting
• Prior Medical Transcription experience

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

We are committed to encouraging and sustaining a work environment free of unlawful harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation. We are an Affir­ative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, age, religion, sex/pregnancy (including pregnancy/childbirth or pregnancy/childbirth-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status prohibited by applicable laws. We also make good faith efforts to recruit, hire, and promote qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 5:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
• On Call: No

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.