Lab Associate

Additional Information About the Role

Join our fast-paced Emergency Department team! The Lab Associate I supports patient care through specimen collection, EKGs, patient rooming, and department support activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collect blood cultures, timed labs, and routine lab specimens
• Perform EKGs as needed
• Room patients and assist with department cleaning and stocking
• Complete other duties as assigned

Schedule:

• Three 12-hour night shifts (6:45 PM – 7:15 AM)
• Every other weekend
• Holiday rotation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous healthcare or laboratory experience preferred
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment

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 Emergency Department manages a broad spectrum of emergencies including cardiopulmonary arrest, trauma, motor vehicle accidents, industrial accidents, and child and domestic violence injuries. Critical adult, pediatric and burn patients are transferred to specialty hospitals in St. Louis, Missouri. Helicopter and advance life support ambulances are utilized.

Performs non-blood and blood specimen collection, specimen handling/routine processing and clerical duties associated with specimen collection.

• Perform phlebotomy, positive patient identification, and positive patient interaction, proper collection and specimen integrity.
• Coordinates a simultaneous series of tasks accurately, including STAT orders and fluctuation in workload, prioritizing work to complete within scheduled hours and established turnaround times.
• Interacts with lab, clinical and other ancillary departments.

• High School Diploma or GED

• No Experience

• No Experience