I. Position Function Summary

Under the direction of the Lab Supervisor, the Laboratory Assistant provides laboratory, technical and support activities to physicians, midlevel practitioners, and medical support staff who provide direct patient care at La Familia Medical Center (LFMC).

II. Essential Responsibilities

• Performs and monitors laboratory operations to ensure quality control over analysis for diagnosis and treatment of patients, ensuring that laboratory testing systems and procedures provide quality laboratory services for patients.
• Inventories, orders, and distributes laboratory supplies and equipment as needed;
• Maintains a log and control system to minimize variances to workflows for speedier reports, and billing to patients and third parties;
• Receives and logs laboratory requests; matches laboratory results with laboratory requests, and maintains the log for audit;
• Records laboratory results for the provider and files laboratory results in patient medical record;
• Performs venipuncture, lab procedures and records the results of laboratory tests in the patient’s record;
• Performs waived laboratory testing as directed by a provider;
• Performs phlebotomy and complete specimen processing;
• Collects and labels specimens as requested by the provider; prepares specimens for analysis and completes requisition form/packages for pick-up as needed;
• Performs routine maintenance on all analyzers, centrifuges, and similar lab equipment, uses critical thinking skills to trouble shooting problems; contacts repair and maintenance services as appropriate;
• Calls patients to schedule blood draws, redraws and specimen re-testing;
• Follows up, according to LFMC procedure, on normal/abnormal patient testing done by LFMC & outside facilities, report findings in a timely manner to appropriate clinical staff, provide follow-up on diagnostic testing as indicated by provider.

I. Education, Experience and Skills/Training

High school graduate or GED certificate and graduation from a technical school with appropriate degree and/or certification such as Laboratory Assistant/Aide program. Six months related experience is preferred; OR any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education approved by Laboratory Manager or Chief Clinical Officer.

La Familia Medical Center offers a comparable benefits package.

Bargaining Unit Position

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