Laboratory Assistant; Part-Time

Job Description

Nemours Children's Health is seeking a Laboratory Assistant (Part‑Time), to join our team in Wilmington, Delaware.

Schedule:

M‑F, 6:00 am–2:30 pm, 8‑hour shifts. Weekend and holiday coverage may be required.

Perform duties associated with incoming/outgoing department communications as well as processing inpatient, E.R., outpatient specimens, and reference lab requests. Assists tech staff, pathologists, and Director of Laboratory in various tasks.

• Possess thorough knowledge of laboratory specimen collection and processing procedures, shipping, TATs, and specialty testing.
• Perform tasks to prepare specimens for laboratory testing.
• Receive incoming specimens and requisition forms, inspect items for completeness, correctness of information, and condition of specimens.
• Pour specimen fluid from primary tube into test tubes to create the required number of test samples.
• Enter required patient and customer data, testing codes, and billing information into computer system, using computer keyboard or bar code reading equipment.
• Print bar code labels, using bar code printer, and attach bar code labels to samples and requisition forms.
• Centrifuge or perform other tasks to prepare specimens for testing.
• Distribute all specimens to appropriate department for laboratory testing and assist with locating specimens for “add‑on” testing.
• Complete requisition forms, package, and forward specimens to outside laboratories for tests unavailable on site.
• Review all specimens, documents, and computer files and notify designated staff of errors.
• Credit and appropriately notify hospital staff (i.e., nurse, ordering provider) of referred tests that could not be performed.
• Answer telephone and provide information to customers.
• Perform clerical duties including but not limited to faxing, filing, and result/report delivery via fax or mail.
• Perform a variety of analytical procedures of low to moderate complexity, using manual and automated methods, through a variety of clinical laboratory methodologies. Other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma required.
• Minimum of 3 to 6 months experience required. For Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) students – clinical rotation within an accredited MLS Program will be considered relevant experience.
• Possess thorough knowledge of laboratory specimen collection and processing procedures, shipping, Turnaround times, and specialty testing.

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state‑of‑the‑art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida.

Our pediatric network includes 80 primary‑urgent‑and‑specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. Dupont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation’s premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day‑to‑day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us ours.org.