Phlebotomist/Lab Support Tech I - Inpatient Per Diem, Overnight
About The Position
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. Performs a variety of routine procedures with the collection, receiving, triaging and/or processing of laboratory requisitions and specimens involving technical and data entry duties.
Requirements
- High School graduate; familiarity with data entry and/or word processor and medical terminology.
- Every third weekend 11pm-7am (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
- Must work a minimum of 4 shifts a month
- This position is for coverage for our inpatient population.
Nice To Haves
- Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.
- Department-specific competencies, including age-specific competencies and their measurements, will be developed and maintained in the individual departments.
- The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description.
- Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.
Responsibilities
- Receives specimens from couriers and checks manifests to verify appropriate count.
- Logs and assigns accession numbers to specimens and requisitions received.
- Sorts and triages requisitions and specimens to appropriate workstation; completes and files manifests.
- Answers telephones and communicates pertinent information. Send specimens and carriers to various sites using pneumatic tube or dumbwaiter. Performs minor troubleshooting of pneumatic tube through computer.
- Processes specimens including centrifugation, pour-off, aliquoting, and labeling.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
