Specimen Technician I — Entry Lab Support (Mon-Fri)

Quest Diagnostics

Neptune Township (NJ)

On-site

USD 19,000 - 32,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Quest Diagnostics in Neptune, NJ is hiring a Specimen Technician I for a Monday–Friday 7:00 AM–3:30 PM schedule with rotational weekends, based at Jersey Shore. This hospital-based role is with a Fortune 500 leader in diagnostic information services and offers a solid entry path in the clinical lab.

Responsibilities include data entry, presort, transport to the lab, centrifugation, and preparing specimens for testing.

Qualifications

Data entry of test orders and specimen tracking.
No experience required for entry.
Previous production or medical environment experience preferred.
Flexibility with weekends, holidays, on-call, and overtime may be required.

Responsibilities

Data entry of test orders, presort, pickup and delivery of processed specimens to the laboratory, centrifugation and aliquoting.
Process specimens to be sent out to additional facilities.
Prepare laboratory specimens for various analysis and testing.
Identifies problems and, in some cases, may resolve issues with specimen types such as missing information.
Understands the relationship between tests ordered.