Clinical Lab Assistant – OB​/GYN

Responsibilities

• Maintains up-to-date laboratory manuals and is familiar with regulations of inspecting bodies and helps with their implementation
• Completes assigned workload within established turnaround times by organizing the work according to test ordering status
• Assesses the urgency of a test and uses this assessment to select the order in which the tasks are performed
• Prepares specimens for testing, verifies patient identification on samples and test requisitions before testing, applies rules of specimen rejection, and arranges for recollection when necessary
• Uses and maintains equipment and instruments used in test performance
• Performs and documents maintenance and quality control
• Prepares reagents as required for test performance
• Calculates, reports and maintains records of test results
• Reviews test results and immediately notifies, and documents notification of all critical values, the physician or nurse/PCA
• Performs phlebotomy and finger sticks as needed

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Completion of a program for Clinical Lab Assistants or Medical Lab Technicians required
• Certification by a nationally recognized agency/board or equivalent experience required
• Laboratory experience preferred