You’ll need
Education
✓High School Degree or GED required.
Qualifications
✓Must be able to demonstrate adequate technical skills and judgment to function unsupervised during on-call, second shift, and weekend hours.
✓Ability to tactfully communicate with both internal and external customers.
✓Ability to handle stress and work in emergency situations. Ability to use of fingers and hands to operate all laboratory-related equipment as described on the Laboratory Department checklist. Additionally, must use beeper, telephone, calculator, fax, and other related office equipment.
✓Ability to stand and walk constantly.
✓Ability to lift up to forty (40) pounds unassisted.
✓Ability to use hands, fingers, arms and wrists, hearing, smell, and verbal skills are required in order to perform job duties.
✓Although the position generally works the day shift, evening shift assignments, as well as the need to be on-call on a rotating basis for evening/nights, weekends, and holidays are required.
✓Must be available to work overtime as needed to complete all job duties.
✓Must be available to work in the case of a Hospital declared emergency.
✓Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Prior experience of up to 6 months working as a Phlebotomist in a laboratory preferred and performance of EKG’s and Holter Monitors.
Benefits
Continuing education
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About the role
Skillfully performs the job of drawing all types of blood specimens (with the exception of blood gases), from adults, children, and infants. The Laboratory Assistant is also responsible for a variety of clerical and record keeping duties, as well as specimen handling, shipping, ordering, EKG’s and Holter’s.