Lab Support Technician I

This position is eligible for a $5,000.00 sign on bonus.

You can expect a work environment where:

* Employees feel valued, respected and free to express themselves.
* Each employee finds meaning in work, leveraging skills and talents toward a greater purpose.
* Teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, while management is supportive.

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Under direct supervision, this position performs routine laboratory tasks according to procedures. May perform phlebotomy and/or waived testing. May also perform a variety of general clerical duties to support the laboratory department, including receptionist and secretarial support, admission activities, and order entry processing.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

* Assists customers including answering phones and responding to customer inquiries.
* Assists laboratory staff in the daily operation of the lab by collecting, labeling, processing and preserving blood, urine and other specimens according to established laboratory procedures.
* Enters, accesses and executes lab orders in the appropriate laboratory and electronic medical record system.
* Cleans and maintains laboratory supplies and work area.
* May update statistical records, labels tubes, and schedules processing runs.
* May perform phlebotomy and/or waived testing.
* Identifies patients using two identifiers.
* Performs a variety of administrative and clerical duties including admission activities, insurance verification, order entry processing and medical record processing.
* Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
* Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

* High School diploma or equivalent or equivalent years of experience and education

EXPERIENCE

* No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

* Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
* Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
* Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
* Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
* Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
* Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
* Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
* Rare climbing.