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Cape Cod Healthcare · 4 months ago

Laboratory Support Technician

Massachusetts-Falmouth

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

1+ years exp

Cape Cod Healthcare is a healthcare organization seeking a Laboratory Support Technician to join their team at Falmouth Hospital. The role involves providing support in laboratory operations, ensuring customer satisfaction, processing specimens, and maintaining a clean and organized work environment.

Health Care

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Must be courteous to patients, visitors, physicians, volunteers, and other employees of the organization

Ensures the satisfaction of all users of the department's services, both internal and external. This includes developing monitoring programs and continually seeking ways to improve user (i.e. customer) satisfaction

Performs data processing functions to include; non-patient admissions, order entry, cancellation, result entry and retrieval and log review

Operates computer system in all assigned functions including maintenance, troubleshooting and implementation of backup systems

Answers the phone, relays messages, provides prompt and accurate information to requesting parties concerning testing procedures and results

Communicates all relevant information to technical staff regarding specimens including adequacy, test add-on and cancellations and test priority

Delivers or mail reports and picks-up requisitions and specimens within the hospital

Verifies incoming specimens with courier, checks specimens for acceptability and special handling needs ad distributes to sections

Prepares specimens for shipment to intra-system sites, reference labs and other institutions; compiles necessary support documentation, makes necessary arrangements for transportation

Coordinates reporting and filing reference lab reports

Checks inventory, orders stock-items and stores upon arrival

Maintains confidentiality of information deemed confidential

Maintains harmonious and cooperative relations with fellow employees, medical staff, patients and guests and serves effectively as part of the Laboratory team in performing professional service to patients

Maintains workbenches, testing areas and other work areas in clean, sanitary and free of clutter condition for the safety of patients, guest and staff

Maintains a thorough knowledge of departmental and Hospital policies and procedures as they pertain to the job, including the fire and disaster plans

Collects data for QA and other projects

Responsible for pre-analytic specimen processing, i.e. aliquoting, labeling, numbering, operation centrifuge, creating work cards, prioritizing specimens

Inoculates and processes culture specimens and prepares for transportation

Obtains appropriate blood specimens from patients of all ages as assigned

Performs glassware cleaning duties and general cleaning (not performed by Environmental Services) as assigned

Performs other work related duties and activities as assigned or requested

Must wear facility provided identification badge

Qualification

Medical TerminologyPhlebotomyData processingTyping 30 wpmInterpersonal communication

Required

Ability to read, write, understand and follow written instruction

Typing at least 30 wpm

Completion of Medical Terminology I or successfully pass FH's Medical Terminology test with a score of 80% or better and one year work experience as a Clinical Associate, Unit clerk, Diagnostic Tech, PST, FH Lab assistant, PSA, PCT, HUC, CNA, Medical secretary and other positions that require Lab test ordering or phlebotomy

Data systems knowledge and demonstration of effective interpersonal communication skills

Company

Cape Cod Healthcare

Cape Cod Healthcare offers a comprehensive array of medical services delivered by top-notch teams of healthcare providers.

Founded in 1984

Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA

5001-10000 employees

http://www.capecodhealth.org/

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