Baptist Memorial Health Care

Associate-Clinical Laboratory

Baptist Memorial Health Care  •  Columbus, MS (Onsite)  •  6 hours ago
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Job Description


Responsible for dispatch and/or transport of blood and other specimens. Assists the laboratory staff with clerical and technical tasks indirectly related to the delivery of quality patient care, for the purpose of diagnostic testing. May perform CLIA waived laboratory testing. Performs routine duties in the lab. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

  • Adhere to all specimen collection and preservation requirements, media requirements and storage.
  • Demonstrates proficiency in receiving specimens in the lab.
  • Follow accreditation standards, regulatory agency requirements and institutional policies.
  • Accurate and complete patient identification requirements, using at least three (3) unique patient identifiers.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in recording and retrieving laboratory data.
  • Timely distribution of samples.
  • Proficiency in specimen tracking.
  • Proficiency in reference lab specimen requirements, receiving and processing.
  • Proficiency in loading and unloading of blood culture bottles and performing CLIA waived tests.
  • Assists customers, including answering phones and responding to customer inquiries
  • Cleans and maintains laboratory supplies and work area
  • Assists with training and educating new employees and students
  • Completes assigned goals.

Specifications

Experience

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Education

Minimum Required

  • Certification/Degree in the following areas which include, but are not limited to medical technology, clinical laboratory, chemical, physical or biological or equivalent years of experience and education.

Preferred/Desired

Training

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Special Skills

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Licensure

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Baptist Memorial Health Care

About Baptist Memorial Health Care

Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Memphis, Tennessee
Year Founded
1912
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