Lab Assistant
Job Location:
San Luis, CO - USA
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Job Summary
Founded in 1946 Dignity Health - French Hospital Medical Center is a 112-bed acute care nonprofit hospital located in San Luis Obispo California. Serving over 150000 patients annually the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care orthopedics and a family birthing center. Additionally French Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center and has achieved an A Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for every reporting period since 2012.
As our the Laboratory Assistant you will be responsible for obtaining blood urine and culture specimens from patients ranging in age from newborn to geriatric according to established procedures of French Hospital Medical Center
Laboratory and State and Federal Regulations.
Every day you will Performs clerical functions and may perform routine repetitive specimen testing under direct supervision of a licensed technologist. Rotates shifts holidays and weekends as needed. Duties and responsibilities may be added deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management following written notice.
To be successful in this role you must
- Must properly identify all in-patients prior to specimen collection by matching information present on patient arm band with information on laboratory requisition. Verbal identification with patient also a must when patient condition allows such feedback.
- Must properly identify all outpatients prior to specimen collection by matching information on outpatient slip with verbal communication with the patient or patients guardian/guarantor.
- Must properly identify all specimens coming from outpatient clients by matching the information on the tube with that from the laboratory requisition.
- Must properly identify and band all patients for blood bank by comparing information on patient arm band with that on the blood bank requisition. This information must be transferred to the blood bank arm band and the tube per phlebotomy procedure manual. Arm bands are to be placed on the patients right arm.
- Currently certified by the State of California as a Phlebotomist and must have American Heart Association BLS certificate
- CT CPRBLS;CT PHLEBOT
Required Experience:
Junior IC
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