Job Summary:

Under the direction of the Laboratory Supervisor or CLS/MLT designee, the Laboratory Tech Assistant is responsible for Inpatient and Outpatient phlebotomy, specimen processing, and operating and maintaining automated instrumentation.

Licensure and Certification:

* Current California CPT-1 Certificate

Education:

* High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Experience:

* Minimum 6 months continuous phlebotomy experience required

* 1-2 years previous hospital laboratory experience preferred

Knowledge and Skills:

* Phlebotomy experience with neonates, children and elderly, preferably in an inpatient setting.

* Ability to work well within a team environment.

* Ability to speak, read, and write fluently and professionally in English as well as follow verbal instructions with minimal supervision.

* Ability to work flexible shifts

* Strong organizational skills

* Critical thinking skills

* Problem solving skills

* Basic computer skills

Physical Demands - Patient Care:

* Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.

* Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.

* Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.

* Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.

* Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.

* Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.

* Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.

* Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.

Key for Physical Demands

Continuous

66 to 100% of the time

Frequent

33 to 65% of the time

Occasional

0 to 32% of the time