What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lab Assistant - Marshall Medical Centers North, Part Time, Shift Varies position at Huntsville Hospital System?
Overview
Under the general supervision of the Laboratory Manager, coordinates clerical and nursing home functions, to include scheduling and collecting Nursing and Group Homes, coordinating offsite collection site staffing, computer registration, order entry, printing, charting, mailing, faxing and filing of reports, accessioning of Pathology/Cytology specimens, answering telephone. Duties also include assuring accurate charges and billing information, employee competency testing, procedure manual reviews/updates, clerical staff training, assuring that all charts are submitted to coder in a timely manner and reviewing nursing home monthly bills for accuracy. The above statements reflect the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements which may be inherent in the position.
Qualifications
Education: Prefer high school diploma or equivalent. (i.e. GED)
Experience: 2 years clerical experience after 1 to 2 months on-the-job training.
Abilities/Skills: V erbal ability to communicate with patients and other clientele instructions and other information. Numerical ability to calculate by formula. Form perception, finger dexterity to handle paper work and keyboards. Dependable.