Job Title:
Lab Assistant
Cost Center:
Lab Services AdminThe Laboratory Assistant is responsible for greeting the laboratory patients, order entry, blood and urine specimen collection, preparation of specimens for testing, storage and/or export and preparation of reports.
Essential Functions
1. Demonstrates safe and competent use of equipment and software to carry out duties.
2. Prioritize workflow by medical necessity and priority.
3. Answers telephone inquiries including specimen requirement information.
4. Prepares reports for export or storage as required.
5. Demonstrate professional customer service skills while registering patient and performing blood and urine collections according to procedures including following age specific guidelines for collection. This includes therapeutic phlebotomies, paternity testing, and drug screens.
6. Prepares specimens for testing, storage or export according to procedures including resolution of any specimen and/or order discrepancies.
7. Performs billing functions timely.
8. Orders department supplies from Material Management for maintaining specimen collection kits, trays and office supplies.
9. Maintains a sanitary conditions and practices isolation procedures and protocols.
10. Orient new lab aide employees as required.
11. This role requires extensive amount of walking day to day. Must have a valid driver's license.

Based in North Platte, Nebraska, Great Plains Health is a fully accredited, 116-bed acute-care regional medical center serving western and central Nebraska, northern Kansas and southern South Dakota. With 90 physicians representing nearly 30 medical specialties, the Great Plains Health system offers advanced health care, including heart and vascular, cancer, and orthopedic surgery services. Great Plains Health is a Level III trauma center, and all of its emergency department physicians are residency-trained and board-certified in emergency medicine. The system employs approximately 1,200 employees and serves a geographic area spanning more than 67,000 square miles. The hospital is accredited by the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) and is home to an American College of Surgeons-accredited cancer center and Level II bariatric surgery program.
Mission
To inspire health and healing by putting patients first -- ALWAYS.
Vision
To be the region's most trusted healthcare community.
Values
We are genuine l We are passionate l We have integrity l We listen l We are a team