Lab Support Technician / Full Time / Days

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Lab Support Technician / Full Time / Days

The Laboratory Support Technician ensures the accurate, timely, and compliant collection, processing, and management of laboratory specimens while delivering excellent customer service, supporting laboratory operations, and contributing to high-quality patient care through adherence to established standards and continuous quality improvement. The Laboratory Support Technician is an onsite position.

Essential Functions

• Provide excellent customer service by greeting patients and customers, answering inquiries, and serving as a knowledgeable laboratory resource.
• Collect patient specimens competently and efficiently across outpatient, inpatient, and emergency settings while minimizing patient discomfort.
• Verify specimen and test requirements by ensuring proper collection, adequacy of samples, and instructing patients on self-collection when needed.
• Resolve specimen and order-related issues by assessing requirements, troubleshooting discrepancies, documenting problems, and coordinating recollection when necessary.
• Process and manage specimens and laboratory information by preparing samples for testing or transport, utilizing information systems accurately, and participating in quality improvement activities
• Prepare, prevent, protect and respond to support our culture of safety.
• Works hours per week in accordance with offer letter or per attributes of position at transfer request. May be expected to work longer hours as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Education: High School diploma or GED

License: None

Experience: None

Certification: None

Preferred

Education: Training in a formal phlebotomy program which includes didactic training and clinical experience

License: None

Experience: One (1) year of phlebotomy or specimen processing.

Certification: None

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

1. In an 8 to 12-hour workday, employee stands/walks (hours at one time):

[] 0-2 [] 2-4 [X]4-6 [] 6-8 [] 8-12

2. In an 8 to 12-hour workday, employees sit (hours at one time/hours during the day):

[] 0-2 [X] 2-4 []4-6 [] 6-8 [] 8-12

3. Employee lifts:

[] up to 10 [X] 10-20 # [] 20-50 # [] over 50 #

4. Lifting as indicated in item 3 above is performed during the workday:

[X] occasionally [] frequently [] continuously

5. Employee uses hands for repetitive:

a. Simple grasping: [X] yes [] no

b. Pushing/pulling [X] yes [] no

c. Fine manipulation [X] yes [] no

6. Employee uses feet for repetitive movement in operating foot controls:

[] yes [X] no

7. Employee must be able to:

a. Bend [X] frequently [] occasionally [] not at all

b. Squat [] frequently [X] occasionally [] not at all

c. Kneel [] frequently [X] occasionally [] not at all

d. Climb [] frequently [] occasionally [X] not at all