What are the responsibilities and job description for the Laboratory Central Processing Specialist position at Inova Health System?
Laboratory Central Processing Specialist
Inova Central Laboratory is looking for a dedicated Laboratory Central Processing Specialist to join the team. This is a full-time Day Shift: Monday to Friday and weekend if necessary.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and more!
Laboratory Central Processing Specialist Job Responsibilities:
Performs proper specimen/blood product collections by confirming patient/donor identification, collecting specimens in proper tubes, utilizing venipuncture/capillary techniques and accurately labeling specimen/blood products to ensure accurate patient results.
Provides excellent patient and customer service by using AIDET principles and ensuring that the correctness/quality of technical information and directions provided to customers is appropriate.
Manages specimen accessioning and processing accurately/efficiently to provide quality specimens for Laboratory testing.
Reviews registration and billing information accurately/efficiently to ensure regulatory compliance.
Communicates effectively and working cooperatively with team members to optimize job performance and foster working relationships.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: High School diploma or GED equivalent
Experience: 4 years of relevant experience in a clinical lab environment; 2 years of experience at Inova lab
Certification: None
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
This policy is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at 45 C.F.R. Parts 80, 84, 91 and 92, respectively.
Salary : $5,250