Downtown Lab Lab Assistant

Laboratory Assistant

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

General Duties:

• Performs waived patient testing
• Performs daily temperature checks, analyzer maintenance, calibrations, and quality control for waived tests performed
• Notifies appropriate testing staff when expected quality control values are not achieved or quality control ranges are exceeded
• Ensure department supplies are appropriately stocked and available
• Performs venipuncture and skin puncture on all patient age groups in accordance with department SOP
• Performs appropriate patient identification according to SOP, utilizing at least two patient identifiers when collecting and labeling specimens at the bedside in the presence of the patient
• Labels aliquots using at least two patient identifiers
• Transcribes orders from outside providers as necessary
• Responds to applicable code teams as needed
• Adheres to blood and body fluid universal special precautions outlined by laboratory and organizational policies

Workload Management:

• Adheres to SOP in using handheld devices for specimen collection
• Monitors collection list and documents status of outstanding collections
• Monitors expected list for pending lab test
• Answers phone calls, demonstrating appropriate customer service skills
• Must work weekends and holidays as assigned

Inventory Management:

• Ensures specimen collection supplies are available and within expiration dates
• Notifies laboratory leadership when supplies are falling below thresholds or expiration dates are upcoming
• Stocks supplies when deliveries are received
• Stocks phlebotomy carts with supplies, ensuring adequate inventory available on cart for next shift

Specimen Handling and Receipt:

• Ensures that specimens are updated to received status and collection date/time, collector, and receipt date/time is accurate
• Delivers specimens to the appropriate Lab Section

Quality Assurance Related Duties:

• Communicates complaints or problems to department supervisor

Experience Qualifications

• Previous lab assistant experience preferred
• High School Diploma or equivalent

Licenses and Certifications:

• Preferred: Basic Life Support Health Care Provider American Heart Association

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Accurately complete, maintain patient documents and records
• Understand and follow specific clinical protocol and be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

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.

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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