Laboratory Assistant
Location: Garden City, Kansas
Description: Catholic Health Initiatives is presently looking of Laboratory Assistant right now, this job will be assigned in Kansas. For complete informations about this job opportunity kindly see the descriptions. Job Summary:
This job is responsible for collecting appropriate samples for testing, to include (Phlebotomy procedures, venous and capillary punctures, and urine collections for medica! l and legal testing procedures). Work also includes: 1) computer inquiry and entry to maintain patient demographic as well as test ordering details in multiple computer systems in accordance with compliance guidelines; 2) processing and preparing samples for testing at facility laboratories; and 3) processing, preparing and packaging samples for delivery to reference labs. Work is conducted in accordance with all regulatory accreditation agency requirements.
Essential Duties:
Performs venipuncture and capillary procedures on pediatric and adult inpatient and outpatient populations using appropriate safety devices or tool appropriate for the situation.
Completes manually or by computer system, orders for esoteric testing referred outside the laboratory, which may include test research, documentation, special transportation measures, sample preparation, packing, etc.
Uses hospital and laboratory information system programs, to include (in! the pre-analytic phase) sample labeling, log-in, test cancell! ation, test modification, test add-on, etc, and in the post-analytic phase, final sample disposition into the sample inventory system/storage.
Processes and prepares samples for testing to include: labeling, centrifugation, aliquoting, preserving and dispatching for testing following specific guidelines for each step.
Performs telecommunication activities to include: reporting laboratory results, taking verbal orders, transferring calls, describing specimen collection protocols, esoteric test research, troubleshooting issues, dispatching phlebotomist for collections, etc; completes follow-up protocol for any ambiguous orders or issues so that concerns come to resolution and audit trail is maintained.
Monitors supply stock and requests additional supplies from appropriate resource so that necessary tools are available to provide services.
Performs special procedures that may include: Bleeding times, Glucose tolerance o! r administration, blood cultures, legal drug screen urine collections, breath alcohol testing and dorsal hand vein neonatal collections.
Follows and keeps abreast of hospital and laboratory policies and procedures.
Qualifications
Education:
High school diploma or equivalent
Experience:
Work experience in phlebotomy within the last five years preferred.
License/Certification:
Phlebotomy Registry PBT (ASCP) or NCA is preferred.
Additional Responsibilities:
Demonstrates a commitment to service, organization values and professionalism through appropriate conduct and demeanor at all times
Adheres to and exhibits our core values:
Reverence:
Having a profound spirit of awe and respect for all creation, shaping relationships to self, to one another and to God and acknowledging that we hold in trust all that has been given to us.
Integrity:!
Moral wholeness, soundness, uprightness, honesty and sincerity as ! a basis of trustworthiness.
Compassion:
Feeling with others, being one with others in their sorrows and joys, rooted in the sense of solidarity as members of the human community.
Excellence:
Outstanding achievement, merit, virtue; continually surpassing standards to achieve/maintain quality.
Maintains confidentiality and protects sensitive data at all times
Adheres to organizational and department specific safety standards and guidelines
Works collaboratively and supports efforts of team members
Demonstrates exceptional customer service and interacts effectively with physicians, patients, residents, visitors, staff and the broader health care community
Catholic Health Initiatives and its organizations are Equal Opportunity Employers
Job
Laboratory
Primary Location
KS-Garden City-St Catherine Hospital
Shift
varies
Scheduled Hours! per 2-week Pay Period
75
Weekends Required
Every Other
Status
Every Other
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This job will be opened on: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:02:07 GMT
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