Lab Coordinator​/Medical Assistant

Position: Lab Coordinator/ Medical Assistant- Full Time
# Lab Coordinator/ Medical Assistant
- Full Time Stone Port - Harrisonburg, VA 22801## Overview Salary Range $18.00 - $19.00 Hourly## Description
** Join our mission to provide patient-centered healthcare that is accessible and affordable for all.
**** About HCHC
** HCHC is a non-profit 501(c)3 federally qualified health center, a true universal access medical facility. HCHC brings together an exceptional team of health care providers, a responsive and helpful administrative staff and a supportive Board of Directors to fulfill our mission of providing comprehensive primary care health services to anyone in the community regardless of their financial situation.
** Pay Range: $18-$19 per hour
**** Position Summary
** The Clinical Lab Assistant is responsible for coordinating and conducting all activities of a CLIA- certified laboratory to ensure that all patients receive timely and quality service in keeping with best practice and CLIA requirements. The Clinical Lab Assistant works within the context of a primary care medical home, from a team approach, and in continuous partnership with patients, clinical staff members and outside lab services/vendors to provide timely access to laboratory services to all patients of HCHC.
** Responsibilities
* ** Obtains, prepares, and assures timely documentation of results on specimens sent to outside laboratories.
* Performs in-house, Point of Care lab tests, per protocol and records results in patient chart and reports to provider and pertinent clinical team members.
* Functions as clinic phlebotomist, with duties including drawing of blood by venipuncture for diagnostic testing and procedures.
* Appropriately identifies abnormal and critical results and communicates findings to provider and nursing staff.
* Maintains regular and ongoing inventory of lab supplies and compiles supply order request on monthly or as needed basis.
* Documents accurate patient information in timely manner in EHR.
* Assists with training new clinical personnel on lab operations and Point of Care testing.
* Performs quality control measures on all Point of Care Testing supplies and equipment per manufacturer instructions.
* The Clinical Lab Assistant tracks all ordered labs and maintains daily accession logs for all labs.
* Completes tasks as assigned and maintains open and direct communication with manager and all staff.
* Other responsibilities as assigned.## Qualifications
** Required

Skills and Abilities

*** Culturally effective capabilities demonstrating a sensitivity and responsiveness to varying cultural characteristics and beliefs.
* The ability to speak, read and write in English is necessary.

Must be able to prioritize, have cognitive reasoning, and communicate clearly.
** Education and Experience**
* ** At least two years relevant experience**, or the equivalent, particularly in the care and service of vulnerable and medically underserved populations.
* Phlebotomy license preferred.
* Current CPR (BLS) certificate is required.
* The employee is preferred to be bilingual.
** Physical Requirements
*** Hearing must be adequate to perform the essential functions of the job, such as, ability to hear soft voices.
* This is a moderately active role, which requires the ability to lift or move up to 10 pounds, bending, squatting, sitting and standing as necessary.
* Must be able to lift, carry and handle equipment, supplies and other work site materials based on position duty requirements.
** Work Location
** You will be required to travel to any of our sites for lab coverage and staff training