Laboratory Assistant - Physician Office Details

Laboratory Assistant - Physician Office

Meritas Health - North Kansas City, MO

Employment Type : Full-Time

Summary

Meritas Health is hiring a Laboratory Assistant to join our Gashland team in the Northland! If you’re looking for a great opportunity to serve our community and be part of a growing organization, join our Meritas team!

Here at Meritas our mission is to provide hope and healing to every life we touch. Whether you are serving patients at a primary care practice, specialty practice, or in a support capacity, every team member works together to complete this mission. Joining Meritas means you are joining a family that is committed to serving our community and giving patients better quality of life.

Reasons to Join Meritas:

• Employer matched retirement plan
• Competitive wages
• Paid time off for personal/vacation/sick
• Six paid holidays per year
• Educational assistance
• Day shift schedules

Job Description:

As a Laboratory Assistant, you will perform pre-analytic testing responsibilities including clerical duties, data entry, specimen collection and specimen processing.

Job Duties:

• Demonstrates competence in patient preparation, collection, and handling of blood and non-blood specimens. Maintains awareness of timely collections and adheres to collection timing. Practices and enforces Meritas safety policies. Verifies appropriate test request, specimen type, collection container, special handling, and processing requirements.
• Performs patient identification, specimen labeling, and tracking without errors. Demonstrates ability to think critically and problem solve in unexpected situations.
• Performs clerical/reception duties including, but not limited to, appropriately dispatching phone calls and communication requests to correct people and/or department, accurately filing and maintaining paperwork and test requisitions, distributing paperwork to appropriate locations, and demonstrating competency in referring to policies and procedures to assist others. Continually manages requests and receipt of blood and non-blood specimens, their status, following through to completion. Completes checklists and logs daily or as required.
• Recognizes and coordinates duties to achieve maximum productivity and efficiency during assigned shift without interfering with the quality of work. Demonstrates ability and willingness to help others in the department to complete all assigned tasks. Uses time between duties to departmental advantage by performing ancillary duties and projects. Readily assists departments outside the laboratory requesting support with specimen collection.
• Maintains clean, stocked, organized work areas (trays, carts, work benches/desks). Appropriately manages incoming and outgoing lab supplies, exercising good stewardship and documentation practices.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• 1 year of experience in a physician’s office setting
• Basic Life Support certification through American Heart Association
• Basic office skills

More Possibilities:

As the largest network of providers in the Northland, we can offer you more opportunities to grow. Here at Meritas, we believe that together, we will become legendary for our commitment to remarkable patient care. If you are looking to better the lives of those in our community, then join our Meritas family, where your voice counts.

Meritas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity in our organization. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.