Location:
Woodlands Cancer Institute
Pay Range:
$17.93 - $29.89
Healthcare professionals responsible for laboratory testing, quality control, phlebotomy, instrument maintenance and troubleshooting. Perform manual and automated routine blood tests. Prepare specimens for microscope examination. Operate laboratory equipment including centrifuges, hematology analyzers, and point of care analyzers.
KPA 1 – Specimen collection and testing
Collect and analyze body fluids such as urine and blood.
Perform proper quality control procedures before proceeding with patient testing.
Perform routine clinical laboratory tests.
Perform technical laboratory procedures with accuracy and precision, meeting the standard of all accreditation/regulatory agencies.
Ensure adherence to correct testing policies, procedures, and quality assurance.
KPA 2 – Equipment maintenance and supplies
Set up, calibrate, and maintain laboratory equipment to ensure efficient performance
Maintain cleanliness of the laboratory.
Maintain adequate inventory of laboratory supplies. Place order with purchasing as needed
KPA 3 – Compliance
Comply with established safety guidelines.
Comply with all Federal and State laws and regulations pertaining to patient care, patient’s rights, safety, billing, and collections.
Adhere to all Company and departmental policies and procedures, including Disaster Recovery Plan and IT policies and procedures.
Complete all duties required to keep laboratory in compliance with state and federal regulatory agencies. Must be able to perform compliance testing.
Comply with protecting patient privacy.
KPA 4 – Documentation
Maintain all logs as required.
Initiate troubleshooting procedures when instrument malfunction occurs and contact instrument service company, if necessary.
Submit monthly paperwork to consultant.
KPA 5 –Other duties
Performs other duties and projects are assigned.
Education
High School education, required
Previous Experience
Minimum of two years’ experience in a lab setting, required
Core Capabilities
Analysis & Critical Thinking: Critical thinking skills including solid problem solving, analysis, decision-making, planning, time management and organizational skills. Must be detailed oriented with the ability to exercise independent judgment.
Interpersonal Effectiveness: Developed interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, diplomacy, tact, conflict management, delegation skills, and diversity awareness. Ability to work effectively with sensitive and confidential material and sometimes emotionally charged matters.
Communication Skills: Effective communication skills (oral, written, presentation), is an active listener, and effectively provides balanced feedback.
Customer Service & Organizational Awareness: Strong customer focus. Ability to build an engaging culture of quality, performance effectiveness and operational excellence through best practices, strong business and political acumen, collaboration and partnerships, as well as a positive employee, physician and community relations.
Self-Management: Effectively manages own time, conflicting priorities, self, stress, and professional development. Self-motivated and self-starter with ability work independently with limited supervision. Ability to work remotely effectively as required.
Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, multi-site environment with demonstrated ability to juggle competing priorities and demands from a variety of stakeholders and sites.
Computer Skills
Proficiency in MS Office Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook required.
Laboratory information system
Laboratory instrumentation
Certifications/Licenses
National lab certification preferred
Travel: Less than 25%
Remote: No
Standard Work Days/Hours Monday to Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
AON is an alliance of physicians and veteran healthcare leaders dedicated to ensuring the long-term success and viability of oncology diagnosis and treatment in community-based settings. We are the fastest growing network of community oncology practices delivering local access to exceptional cancer care.
We focus on:
- Enriching the patient experience by supporting the delivery of true value-based care through participation in the Enhancing Oncology Model and Principal Care Management programs and enhanced services, such as care coordination.
- Being 100% physician-led and governed by allowing for practice autonomy, where our partnership is collaborative and leveraged as a resource but, ultimately, what gets implemented in the practice is up to the physicians.
- Improving the lives of those who practice medicine with over 40 years of proven practice management expertise and the enablement of new revenue streams by accessing additional service lines such as clinical lab, pathology and oral oncolytic pharmacy.
The AON Difference
Practice diversification - A partnership with AON enables practice growth and access to new revenue streams through centralized ancillaries such as clinical lab, pathology and oral oncolytic pharmacy.
Economies of scale - Our ability to aggregate size and scale helps us to provide practices with the most competitive and attentive vendor services and drug pricing.
It’s a partnership - Practices deserve a partner that evolves to meet their needs and stays ahead of the industry changes. With a drive to innovate cancer care, we’re focused on the future of oncology and creating a network of industry experts to ensure accessible and patient-centered care continues to be at the forefront of healthcare.
