Laboratory Associates Coordinator

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Memorial Hospital Belleville Laboratory | Belleville, IL Join the team at Memorial Hospital Belleville as a Laboratory Associates Coordinator and play a key role in supporting laboratory operations, staff development, and exceptional patient care. This position combines hands-on patient care responsibilities with leadership and coordination duties to ensure efficient daily workflow within the laboratory. Responsibilities Obtain blood and non-blood specimens from both inpatient and outpatient populations.

Coordinate Laboratory Associate staff to maintain a productive workflow and outstanding patient care. Answer phones and process laboratory specimens accurately and efficiently. Coordinate daily schedules, including lunches, breaks, and training time for Laboratory Associates.

Lead onboarding and training efforts for new employees. Provide coverage for scheduled and unscheduled staff absences. Assist with maintaining quality standards and operational efficiency within the laboratory.

Schedule Monday through Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. On-call rotation every third week and weekend. On-call coverage every other holiday.

Must be flexible and able to work a variety of shifts based on staffing and operational needs. Must be able to accommodate on-call requirements. Overview Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care.

It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center.

Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Memorial Hospital Shiloh , a 94-bed, all-private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care. The Laboratory Department provides a wide variety of assays and procedures to obtain data used in the diagnosis and treatment of most disease states to our inpatient and out patients.

Services include phlebotomy, hematology, chemistry, microbiology, blood bank, point-of-care and pathology.

Role Purpose Responsible for the oversite of all technical functions for Specimen Collection and Processing. Responsibilities Supervises laboratory activities to ensure that procedures are performed promptly, accurately, and precisely according to department and hospital policies and procedures. May participate in the development of departmental staffing, revenue and/or expense budgets and having direct responsibility for adhering to those goals.

This includes responding to changes in the business which may affect the ability to achieve the budget goals. Ensures Compliance with the Regulatory Guidelines. BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position.

The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job. Minimum Requirements Education High School Diploma or GED Experience 2-5 years Supervisor Experience Benefits Summary . *Not all benefits apply to all jobs The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

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