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Medical Lab Assistant - Tyler Texas
Company: UT Health Tyler Location: Tyler, Texas
Posted On: 04/26/2024
Overview Join our team as a night shift, full-time, -Medical Laboratory Assistant in Tyler, TX. -Fulfilling your purpose begins here: -People First, Always. Here's how we take care of our people: - - Medical, vision, dental health insurance, health savings account / flexible spending, competitive pay, paid time off, 401k retirement plan with company match, employee assistance program and more. -Your team is bigger than your department: -
- UT Health Tyler, the flagship hospital of the system, has 502 licensed beds specializing in advanced acute care medicine. Our hospital includes a 24-hour ER with Level 1 trauma center, a comprehensive stroke center, more than 500 physicians and a full complement of subspecialty groups.
- We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect. -
Responsibilities - Promotes professionalism and interacts with colleagues in a way that promotes a cooperative working environment.
- Ensure specimens are obtained in accordance with laboratory guidelines.
- Demonstrate proper communication skills to relate pertinent data or information about the patient or laboratory sample to appropriate care provider.
- Supports organizational priorities to maintain compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
- Attains required competency and demonstrates the ability to follow procedural directions and protocols.
- Able to prioritize and organize workload and assist other coworkers to maintain productivity.
- Follows proper protocols for specimen packaging and specimen transport.
- Responsible for patient registration, lab test ordering, specimen receipt, accessioning, processing and specimen distribution according to protocol.
- Demonstrates proper infection control practices, proper patient identification, performs proper prompt specimen transport.
- Performs proper drug screen collection and processing, as assigned
- Answers laboratory department phone calls.
- Monitors phlebotomy draw list and assigns/dispatches phlebotomists to draw specimens as assigned.
- Courier duties as assigned.
- Demonstrates ability to recognize emergent conditions and reacts appropriately.
- Provides phlebotomy services in a professional and patient centered manner as assigned.
- Engages in self-evaluation of practice and takes action to improve knowledge and skills.
- Retains accountability for quality of care given to the patient.
- Promotes service excellence and growth of the laboratory.
- May work with multiple departments within the laboratory or across the hospital/health system.
- Performs laboratory tests in compliance with policies and procedures as assigned.
- Assists in preparing laboratory equipment for testing.
- Assists other laboratory personnel with laboratory related processes as assigned.
- Responsible for other duties as assigned.
Qualifications Job Requirements - High School diploma or equivalentPreferred Job Requirements
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