Medical Lab Assistant

Company: UT Health Tyler
Location: Tyler
Posted on: April 23, 2024

Job Description:

Overview

Join our team as a night shift, full-time, -Medical Laboratory Assistant in Tyler, TX. -Fulfilling your purpose begins here: -People First, Always. Here's how we take care of our people: -

• Medical, vision, dental health insurance, health savings account / flexible spending, competitive pay, paid time off, 401k retirement plan with company match, employee assistance program and more. -Your team is bigger than your department: -
  • UT Health Tyler, the flagship hospital of the system, has 502 licensed beds specializing in advanced acute care medicine. Our hospital includes a 24-hour ER with Level 1 trauma center, a comprehensive stroke center, more than 500 physicians and a full complement of subspecialty groups.
  • We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect. -
    Responsibilities
    
    
    • Promotes professionalism and interacts with colleagues in a way that promotes a cooperative working environment.
    • Ensure specimens are obtained in accordance with laboratory guidelines.
    • Demonstrate proper communication skills to relate pertinent data or information about the patient or laboratory sample to appropriate care provider.
    • Supports organizational priorities to maintain compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
    • Attains required competency and demonstrates the ability to follow procedural directions and protocols.
    • Able to prioritize and organize workload and assist other coworkers to maintain productivity.
    • Follows proper protocols for specimen packaging and specimen transport.
    • Responsible for patient registration, lab test ordering, specimen receipt, accessioning, processing and specimen distribution according to protocol.
    • Demonstrates proper infection control practices, proper patient identification, performs proper prompt specimen transport.
    • Performs proper drug screen collection and processing, as assigned
    • Answers laboratory department phone calls.
    • Monitors phlebotomy draw list and assigns/dispatches phlebotomists to draw specimens as assigned.
    • Courier duties as assigned.
    • Demonstrates ability to recognize emergent conditions and reacts appropriately.
    • Provides phlebotomy services in a professional and patient centered manner as assigned.
    • Engages in self-evaluation of practice and takes action to improve knowledge and skills.
    • Retains accountability for quality of care given to the patient.
    • Promotes service excellence and growth of the laboratory.
    • May work with multiple departments within the laboratory or across the hospital/health system.
    • Performs laboratory tests in compliance with policies and procedures as assigned.
    • Assists in preparing laboratory equipment for testing.
    • Assists other laboratory personnel with laboratory related processes as assigned.
    • Responsible for other duties as assigned.
      Qualifications
      
      Job Requirements
      • High School diploma or equivalentPreferred Job Requirements
        • Certification from nationally recognized agency as a phlebotomist upon hire
        • Certification from a nationally recognized agency as a medical lab assistant within 2 years of hire date
        • Experience working in the clinical setting

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