Lab samples or specimens can hold the answers to a patient’s health problem, suffering or recovery. As a Laboratory Assistant working under the direct supervision of medical practitioners or laboratory personnel in both an inpatient or an outpatient setting, you collect blood specimens, label specimens labeling, preserve, process, transport and store to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.  

And while you don’t know your patients personally, you understand that you’re helping real people who need your help to just feel better. You’re up for the challenge and thrive in a fast-paced environment, sometimes under pressure, but always remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful and efficient, with professionalism and confidentiality. You’re not looking for the limelight, just to shed light. That’s what we love about you.  

Your experiences, your knowledge, your skills, your empathy, your compassion, your personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this supportive laboratory role. 
 

Your Everyday 

Assist medical technologists and other lab staff with procedural set up, specimen plating, slide staining, etc 

Label, process and distribute specimens according to department standards.  

Set up lab testing and/or procedure for medical technologists to read.  

Perform laboratory testing. 

Respond to specimen receipt via the pneumatic tube system or specimen drop-off, deliver to department sections and appropriately match specimens received with orders in the LIS, and enter collection information. 

Maintain the rejection log with appropriate communication documentation.  

Provide clerical duties, retrieve laboratory results and fax to the office/unit as appropriate.  

Scan necessary documents into the hospital information system as appropriate. 

Check instruments and assigned benches for appropriate reagents and supply levels, replenishing when necessary and notify appropriate person/team of low inventory items.  

Record receipt of supplies, verify supplies delivered to the department, document receipt in the department’s supply logbook, and label incoming supplies with received date prior to stocking. 

Monitor reagent expiration dates, notify appropriate person of any expired tubes or supplies, any item found to be defective, contaminated or otherwise unacceptable. 

Assist with specimen collection, determine appropriate specimen collection requirements and techniques for the tests requested, and the amount of specimen required. 

 
The Must-Haves 
 
Minimum: 
 

High School Diploma/GED or 1 year of directly related experience required.   

American Heart Association BLS certification.