Specimen Processor II Full Time Evenings
Specimen Processor II Full Time Evenings
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Job Description
At Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist we take pride in offering a dynamic and fulfilling work environment. Joining our team means becoming an essential part of a leading healthcare institution that is committed to providing exceptional patient care and advancing medical research.
Position Highlights:
- Department: Central Processing Laboratory
- Location: Winston Salem Medical Center Laboratory
- Shift Schedule:Full Time Evenings
What We Offer:
- Day 1 Health Coverage:Amazing health insurance with the option of copay or HSA eligible plans
- Wellness Incentives:Up to $1350/year in wellness incentives through our LiveWELL program
- Education:Eligible for ourPrepaid College Tuition Assistanceprogram (up to $5250/year)!
- Parental Benefits:Six weeks paid birthingmother maternity leave & four weeks paid parental leave
- Retirement:Up to 7 employerpaid retirement contributions
Education/Experience/Certifications to Qualify:
- High school diploma or GED equivalent with two years of experience in a laboratory specimen processing area required.
- Experience includes phlebotomy urine collection and/or centrifuging aliquotting and transporting blood and body fluid samples. Experience may also include slide preparation and staining microbiology setup reagent preparation instrument loading and/or pointofcare testing.
- Completes a minimum of four continuing education hours outside of annual inservice requirements.
Essential Functions:
- Obtains and sorts specimens from various delivery sources including the pneumatic tube system specimen window and courier services.
- Verifies acceptability requirements are met for clinical laboratory specimens prior to receipt into the laboratory information system.
- Verifies labeling acceptability and specimen stability requirements are met for anatomic pathology specimens.
- Identifies and resolves unacceptable specimens such as those with labeling specimen type or specimen stability issues. If unable to resolve brings them to the attention of a Medical Laboratory Assistant on the shift.
- Appropriately receives instrument ready barcoded specimens into the laboratory information system.
- Identifies and processes orders in the Electronic Medical Record for specimens received without instrument ready barcode labels.
- Identifies and processes orders for irretrievable body fluid specimens.
- Identifies and modifies incorrect orders placed based on specific order requirements for various specimen types.
- Appropriately receives samples with orders placed in the Outreach laboratory information system.
- Enters employee exposure lab orders into the Outreach laboratory information system.
- Enters orders from a paper requisition into the Electronic Medical Record or Outreach laboratory information system.
- Demonstrates intermediate knowledge of specimen triage and distribution to appropriate laboratory sections.
- Performs specimen processing techniques including centrifugation and aliquotting.
- Loads clinical laboratory specimens onto the automated testing track. Demonstrates intermediate knowledge of troubleshooting of laboratory order and specimen issues.
Employment Type
Full-Time
