Phlebotomist/Lab Support Tech - Milford Regional - Per Diem, Outpatient Sites

UMass Memorial Health; Milford (MA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Signing bonus

Job summary

UMass Memorial Health is seeking a laboratory support staff member to perform routine specimen processing and data entry in a fast-paced hospital setting in Massachusetts. The role involves receiving specimens, logging accession numbers, triaging to the correct workstation, and coordinating with couriers using pneumatic tubes.

You will also process specimens, perform pour-offs, labeling, and outreach specimen registration.

Qualifications

• High School graduate with familiarity in data entry and medical terminology.
• Equivalency combination of education/experience may substitute for the above requirements.

Responsibilities

• Receives, logs, and assigns accession numbers to specimens and requisitions.
• Sorts and triages specimens and requisitions to the appropriate workstation.
• Answers phones and communicates pertinent information; uses pneumatic tube or dumbwaiter for specimen delivery.
• Processes specimens including centrifugation, pour-off, aliquoting, and labeling.
• Registers short form outreach specimens from clients.

Skills

Data entry

Medical terminology

Education

High School diploma

Job description

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: $15.00 - $27.00

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 - Every Third Holiday, Monday through Friday, Weekends - Every Third Weekend

Scheduled Hours: Monday-Friday 6:00am-8:00pm Saturday and Sunday 9:00am-1:00pm

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

Hours: 0

Cost Center: 26000 - 1720 Phlebotomy

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.

I. Major Responsibilities:

1. Receives specimens from couriers and checks manifests to verify appropriate count.
2. Logs and assigns accession numbers to specimens and requisitions received.
3. Sorts and triages requisitions and specimens to appropriate workstation; completes and files manifests.
4. 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.
5. Processes specimens including centrifugation, pour-off, aliquoting, and labeling.
6. Registers short form outreach specimens received from clients.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

1. High School graduate; familiarity with data entry and/or word processor and medical terminology.

Preferred:

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies, including age-specific competencies and their measurements, will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

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.