Laboratory Support Technician

SSM Health; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

SSM Health is seeking a Lab Support Technician for the Healthplex South Lab in Oklahoma City. This regular, full-time role includes phlebotomy, waived testing, and general clerical support within the lab team.

You will perform specimen handling, order entry, and receptionist duties while contributing to patient-centered care. Day shift, 40 hours weekly, with responsibilities across specimen processing, data entry, and routine testing, in a supportive environment that values teamwork and

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent, or 10 years of work experience.
• At least 1 year of experience in a laboratory setting.
• Phlebotomy and waived testing experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Loads/unloads lab specimens from instruments and performs waived testing.
• Collects, labels, processes and preserves specimens per procedures.
• Enters and processes lab orders in LIS/EMR systems.
• Performs administrative duties including reception, admission activities, and order entry.
• Maintains clean, organized lab workspace and supports teammates.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Laboratory procedures

Customer service

Administrative duties

Education

High School diploma/GED

Tools

Laboratory Information System (LIS)

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Order entry system

Job description

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

• Department: Lab
• Schedule: Full Time, Days
• Location: Healthplex South

Our mission and values put the patient first and helps you to feel valued while respecting teamwork and collaboration. Our lab support tech roles are an integral piece in our care team and we see it as a partnership. At SSM Health, we know the healing power of presence begins with compassionate people like you.

Daily Pay

Get paid daily doing the work you love in a way that fits your life. At SSM Health, we believe you deserve the flexibility to work a schedule that fits your life and to get paid when you need it.

Job Summary:

Under general supervision, this position performs standard laboratory tasks according to procedures. May perform phlebotomy and/or waived testing. May also perform various low complexity testing as well as a variety of general clerical duties to support the laboratory department, including receptionist and secretarial support, admission activities, and order entry processing.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

Primary Responsibilities

• Performs the loading and unloading of lab specimens from automated and non-automated instrumentation, as well as perform various waived testing.
• Assists in problem requisitions/specimens.
• May orient new hires.
• Assists customers including answering phones and responding to customer inquiries.
• Collects, labels, processes and preserves 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.
• 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

• One year experience in a laboratory setting

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

State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

3401050040 Healthplex South Lab

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.