Job description
Overview:
Advancing Healthcare Together – The Future of Healthcare is in East Texas
Our People. Our people truly are our greatest strength. They make a massive difference in the amazing care we provide every day. We work closely together to create a positive experience for our patients and each other.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Join our UT Health Athens team as a PRN, Lab Assistant on the weekend day shift today!
Advancing Healthcare Together – The Future of Healthcare is in East Texas
Why UT Health East Texas?
Our People. Our people truly are our greatest strength. They make a massive difference in the amazing care we provide every day. We work closely together to create a positive experience for our patients and each other.
Our Purpose. We will build on your experience and provide meaningful and purposeful career growth for your future. You will have the opportunity every day to make a difference in someone’s life and change the course of healthcare.
Our Place. Athens, TX is a small town with a huge heart where you will have the privilege of caring for your neighbors. Everybody is somebody here. Representing the very best in healthcare, UT Health East Texas is comprised of 10 hospitals and more than 50 clinics across east Texas. With nearly 7,500 employees and over 1,000 licensed in- patient beds, UT Health East Texas provides healthcare services to thousands of patients annually through our hospitals, clinics, Level 1 trauma facility, air emergency fleet and EMS service in a metropolitan service area of a quarter-million people.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Responsible for assisting the medical technologists and technicians in processing and final disposition of specimens through the technical departments. The Laboratory Assistant is responsible for clerical and client services duties within the technical departments (phoning and faxing laboratory results when requested, filing instrument printouts, entering orders on DRL
patients). They may provide backup assistance for phlebotomy, if needed.
Responsibilities:
DUTIES, ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Receive specimen and enter orders for testing
- Process and store laboratory specimens
- Transport specimens using LIS functionality
- Other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS (CONTINUED):
Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent required
Experience:
One (1) to two (2) years phlebotomy, laboratory-related or medical office experience
Basic personal computer skills and comfort with Microsoft Windows operating system; database and word processing skills required
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Active listening skills
Good problem solving skills
Patient record documentation skills
Strong time management skills
Ability to think strategically and act tactically
Ability to handle multiple tasks at the same time
Ability to embrace the client relationship to guide decisions and actions
Demonstrates good team work
Certification and Licensure:
Phlebotomy certification preferred Compliance Requirements
Comply with regulatory requirements, guidelines, and policies
BEHAVIORAL STANDARDS:
Service
- Patient Centered Customer Service: Genuinely care about people.
- Cultivate a compassionate environment: Changing lives for the better together.
Quality
- Clinical and Operational Excellence: A relentless drive to be the best.
- Holistic Approach: Think and act for the benefit of the whole.
People
Promote a collaborative environment: Build effective working relationships with others.
Identify and Develop Talent: Prepare others to deliver excellence.
Financial
- Business Acumen: Know, own and drive our business.
- Continually Simplify and Improve: Work to make everything as efficient as possible.
Growth
- Foster Innovation: Seek and apply leading edge solutions.
- Set Clear Direction: Tell others where you are going, how to get there and why.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Must use written and verbal/visual sources of information, e.g., reading requisitions.
- Prolonged standing, sitting and walking.
- Must possess digital dexterity, e.g., using computer keyboard, holding and manipulating various sizes of specimen containers and tubes.
- Must perform activities requiring sustained concentration, e.g., pouring, aliquoting and labeling specimens, extensive and accurate data entry.
- Must be able to lift 10 lbs.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITONS:
- Must have the ability to work under stress, responding to critical nature of medical business.
- Must be willing to work any shifts, weekends, or holidays. The laboratory is staffed seven days per week, twenty-four hours per day.
- Must work with biological and chemical hazards.
REQUIRED PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:
- Eye/face protection
- Lab coat
- Gloves
Now that you have read about what you will be doing and the experience we seek, it is time to apply and make a difference in the lives of our patients. UT Health East Texas is an equal opportunity employer (including veterans and persons with disabilities).
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