Job Description
Job Description
Position Overview: Provides laboratory services for the following: receive, sort, identify, process, and distribute specimens to all technical sections. Enter requisition information and patient results into the computer system; call statistical results, answer phone, code charge slips, train new employees and perform related clerical duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (including but not limited to the following):
- Accessions or verifies previously accessioned orders in the Order Management System.
- Makes corrections to orders as needed before receiving them into the Lab System.
- Places barcode labels appropriately onto specimens received.
- Centrifuges specimens appropriately.
- Prepares and labels aliquots of specimens to various laboratory departments.
- Prepares send out manifests for reference lab work and packs specimens according to manifest.
- Calls the reference lab as needed to verify specimen requirements and to arrange special handling of specimens.
- Alerts the supervisor to improperly collected specimens or mislabeled specimens.
- Expedites add on testing by locating a previously collected specimen and building an order.
- Performs phlebotomy on a limited emergent basis if properly training to do so.
- Maintains a chain of custody for irreplaceable specimens according to company policies.
- Maintains patient confidentiality.
- Rectifies reference lab pending logs and posts results that are held in the fix queue.
- Performs related work as required.
Performance Requirements:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of laboratory techniques to perform specimen processing.
- Knowledge of container and minimum volume requirements for testing.
- Knowledge of environmental conditions that effect or alter specimens and test results.
- Skill in labeling and dispersing specimens to the appropriate stations.
- Skill in interacting with medical staff.
- Skill in using multiple computer systems and knowledge of how they work together.