The Ancillary Laboratory Technician performs tasks to ensure the integrity of specimen collection, including specimen procurement, specimen processing, and basic lab testing.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform job in accordance with Company Mission, vision, and goals.
- Assists patients with medical forms, as necessary.
- Exercise confidentiality in all areas, abiding by HIPAA rules and regulations.
- Accurately completes applicable paperwork; ensuring patient medical records are complete. Prepares all forms and requisitions as instructed by the provider.
- Creates and maintains a positive atmosphere of customer service, teamwork, mutual respect, professionalism and accountability at all times.
- Verifies patient information by interviewing patient; recording medical history; confirming purpose of visit, and confirming patient ID.
- Answers telephones in a professional manner and delivers messages promptly.
- Maintains and improves current skills and knowledge by attending all relevant meetings, classes, trainings and by keeping certifications current.
- Maintains knowledge of, and complies with established State, Company and any other applicable policies and procedures.
- Instructs patients in simple procedures/tests and dispenses appropriate educational materials.
- Relays provider orders to the patient.
- Tracks all specimen samples for inventory purposes, as required.
- Accurately maintains and organizes specimens for immediate retrieval and testing.
- Conducts supply inventory and stocks the lab/testing areas with appropriate materials.
- Maintains knowledge of, and complies with CLIA, Company and any other applicable policies and procedures.
- Adheres to Infection Control, Safety and OSHA standards as specified by CLIA, and Company standards.
- Labels specimens accurately and distributes them to the appropriate personnel to ensure specimen integrity.
- Processes specimens and prepares them for shipping.
- Maintain lab area with ample supplies and in a clean and safe condition.
- Follows test requirements of laboratory and procures unaltered urine specimen for testing.
- Ensures all collected samples are secured in the pickup box at the end of the day.
- Maintains daily urine log and facilitates transmission of the log to the lab at the end of the day.
- Helps identify patients who may need to provide a urine sample upon next visit.
- Checks work e-mail on a regular basis throughout the workday.
- Participate in and complete all required trainings and in-services.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Must have knowledge of Internet and Microsoft Office software (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook).
- Must have excellent written and oral communication skills, including exceptional customer service.
- Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with doctors, clinical staff, other co-workers and the public.
- Must be able to work individually as well as within a team.
- Must be able to follow both verbal and written instructions.
- Must be able to work a flexible schedule.
- Must be able to respond with patience and understanding during stressful conditions related to patient health and emergent situations.
- Must be able to multi-task and prioritize.
- Must demonstrate extreme attention to detail.
- Must possess strong organization skills.
- Must be able to problem solve and use reasoning.
- Must be able to meet predefined quality standards.
- Must maintain and project a professional attitude and appearance at all time.
- Must have a working knowledge of the healthcare field and medical specialty, as well as medical terminology.
- All staff are expected to have a strong desire to provide excellent customer service; to comply with the rules and regulations of those organizations to which we are accountable; to have high ethical and professional standards of conduct; and to have an attitude of wanting to continuously improve their own professional performance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Completion of a Phlebotomy program, with a current Phlebotomy certification.
- One (1) year of prior experience working in a medical practice.
- One (1) year of prior experience working with an Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
Driving/Travel:
The employee must have reliable transportation. Travel for this position may be required up to 40%. While the primary workplace may be closest to the employee’s home, work assignments could be in any of the Company’s locations.