Lab Secretary Regional Outpatient Site - Per Diem

Are you an internal caregiver, student, or contingent worker/agency worker at UMass Memorial Health?

Exemption Status:
Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: $16.54 - $29.76 Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details:
Holidays - Every Third Holiday, Monday through Friday

Scheduled

Hours:

730am-1pm

Shift: 1 - Day Shift, 5 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

0

Cost Center: 26000 - 1720 Phlebotomy

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.

And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

• Organizational
  
  Skills:
  
  Demonstrates a high degree of organizational skills.
  • a) Organizes work in anticipation of changes in work flow.
  • b) Efficiently maintains all files.
  • c) Ability to multitask
  • d) Assists in making sure all areas in the lab are organized and clean
• Results: Responsible for accurately sending results
  • a) Promptly faxes results when required.
  • b) Ensures all electronic results have gone through appropriately.
  • c) When Electronic fax does not go through will print out results and manually fax over results
• Telephone Supports: Utilizes telephone courtesy
  • a) Answers departmental telephone calls promptly, courteously and efficiently.
  • b) Answers requests for results promptly
  • c) Routes calls appropriately.
• Registration: Ensure proper registration
  • a) Accurately and promptly registers patients.
  • b) Is able to troubleshoot printer issues.
  • c) Able to troubleshoot Registration issues
• Computer Support: Has a command of the computer system.
  • a) Locates desired information quickly.
  • b) Attains accuracy and speed at the keyboard.
  • c) Navigates through the system efficiently.
• Test Ordering: Has a good knowledge of test dictionaries and panels
  • a) Orders correct tests.
  • b) Call hospital floor or physician’s office for clarification when needed.
  • c) Creates label stickers; combines and cancels as needed.
  • d) Orders add-ons appropriately and follows up with floors when issues arise.
  • e) Orders all swabs
• Specimen Receiving:
  • a) Receives specimen in the computer
  • b) Follows department protocol in distributing specimen samples within the lab.
  • c) Labels tubes correctly
  • d) Centrifuges tubes appropriately.
  • e) Prioritizes specimen distribution as required.
  • f) Ability to load Blood Culture analyzer.
  • g) Receives all batches in a timely manner after they have arrived
  • h) Ensures the unreceived list is taken care of at the end of every shift
  • i) Accepts all drop offs from nurse draws ensuring patient identifiers match on specimen(s) and requisition.
• Demonstrates the minimum knowledge, skills, and ability necessary to provide care for the age groups specific to the department and/or work area.
  • a) Applies knowledge of stages of growth and development to the care given to patients.

• License/Certification/
  
  Education:
  • Required:
    • 1. High school diploma
    • 2. Medical terminology and typing course.
  • Experience/
    
    Skills:
    • Preferred:
      • 1. 1-2 years Medical Secretarial preferred.
  • Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in…