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
Keywords: UT Health Tyler, Tyler , Medical Lab Assistant, Healthcare , Tyler, Texas
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