Laboratory Assistant - Temporary

Under the general supervision of the special Services Supervisor, the Laboratory Assistant performs all specimen accessioning, LIS data entry, customer related duties, clerical and typing assignments in a prompt, accurate, and reliable manner according to established hospital and departmental policies and procedures.

• Intelligence-Ability to understand instructions, reason, and make judgements.
• Verbal-Ability to understand meaning of words, ideas associated with them, and their effective use.
• Numerical-Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
• Spatial-Ability to understand forms in space and understand relationships of plane and solid objects.
• Form perception-Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects in pictorial or graphic material.
• Sort and distribute lab specimens in the Central Accessioning area.
• Data entry and requisitioning into the LIS.
• Sort and distribute Patient Lab reports.
• To provide front-line Customer Service in person and/or by telephone to refer customers to the appropriate office or staff, perform related work.
• Act as a liaison between our organization and external customers. Explain departmental services, policies, procedures and rationale for decision to customers.
• Insert and check nightly Backup tape.
• General Preventive Maintenance and troubleshooting of certain LIS hardware and equipment.
• Retrieve patient information missing from requestions ; clarifying test requests ;reporting receipt of unacceptable specimens.
• Filing of Requestion forms.
• Answer telephone calls in a professional, courteous manner.
• Performs all other duties as required.

Position Requirements:

• This position requires a minimum formal education of  High School Diploma or Equivalent  and a minimum of 1 year  job-related experience.
• Clerical Experience.
• Minimal typing skills.
• Laboratory related experience.

Union: 1199

Days: Mon - Fri (Alt. Weekends) 

Shift: 11pm - 7am 

Hourly Rate: 29.4487