LSBME Laboratory Assistant - Micro - Evenings/Nights/Weekends

LCMC Health; Metairie (LA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic healthcare team as a Laboratory Assistant, where your role is pivotal in supporting patient care through specimen collection and testing. In this entry-level position, you'll work closely with medical professionals, ensuring accurate processing and handling of lab samples. This role is perfect for those who thrive in fast-paced environments and are passionate about making a difference in healthcare. With opportunities for growth within a community-focused organization, you will be part of a mission-driven team dedicated to providing exceptional care to every patient. Embrace the chance to contribute to meaningful health outcomes while developing your skills in a supportive laboratory setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in laboratory settings preferred.
• Ability to work under pressure while maintaining professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Assist medical technologists with procedural setup and testing.
• Label, process, and distribute specimens according to standards.
• Perform clerical duties and maintain supply levels.

Skills

Laboratory Testing

Specimen Collection

Clerical Duties

Communication Skills

Education

High School Diploma/GED

1 year of related experience

Job description

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Your job is more than a job.

Lab samples or specimens can hold the answers to a patient’s health problem, suffering or recovery. As a Laboratory Assistant working under the direct supervision of medical practitioners or laboratory personnel in both an inpatient or an outpatient setting, you collect blood specimens, label specimens, preserve, process, transport and store to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

And while you don’t know your patients personally, you understand that you’re helping real people who need your help to just feel better. You’re up for the challenge and thrive in a fast-paced environment, sometimes under pressure, but always remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful and efficient, with professionalism and confidentiality. You’re not looking for the limelight, just to shed light. That’s what we love about you.

Your experiences, your knowledge, your skills, your empathy, your compassion, your personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this supportive laboratory role.

Your Everyday

Assist medical technologists and other lab staff with procedural setup, specimen plating, slide staining, etc.

Label, process and distribute specimens according to department standards.

Set up lab testing and/or procedures for medical technologists to read.

Perform laboratory testing.

Respond to specimen receipt via the pneumatic tube system or specimen drop-off, deliver to department sections and appropriately match specimens received with orders in the LIS, and enter collection information.

Maintain the rejection log with appropriate communication documentation.

Provide clerical duties, retrieve laboratory results and fax to the office/unit as appropriate.

Scan necessary documents into the hospital information system as appropriate.

Check instruments and assigned benches for appropriate reagents and supply levels, replenishing when necessary and notify appropriate person/team of low inventory items.

Record receipt of supplies, verify supplies delivered to the department, document receipt in the department’s supply logbook, and label incoming supplies with received date prior to stocking.

Monitor reagent expiration dates, notify appropriate person of any expired tubes or supplies, any item found to be defective, contaminated or otherwise unacceptable.

Assist with specimen collection, determine appropriate specimen collection requirements and techniques for the tests requested, and the amount of specimen required.

The Must-Haves

Minimum

High School Diploma/GED or 1 year of directly related experience required.

American Heart Association BLS certification.

Work Shift

Nights (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

About East Jefferson General Hospital

East Jefferson General Hospital, a landmark of LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, has been the go-to hospital for health, wellness, and one-of-a-kind care in East Jefferson Parish for over 50 years. And we’re only beginning to realize our greatest potential. Learn more about East Jefferson General Hospital and our legacy, our future, and our national recognition as a Nurse Magnet Hospital.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do
  
  

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

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• Employment type

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