Lab Assistant

Job description

The responsibilities of this job include, but are not limited to, the following: Minimum education and professional requirements include, but are not limited to, the following: - Providing quality and rapid lab results involving knowledge of laboratory analyses, proper procedures, work equipment, and safety procedures; - Following the laboratory’s procedures for specimen collection, handling, and processing, as well as for test analyses, reporting, and record maintenance of test results; - Adhering to the laboratory’s quality control policies and documenting all quality control activities and maintenance under the supervision of the Lab Technician on duty; - Electronically ordering lab, x-ray, and medical supplies as directed; - Notifying the Nurse and/or Physician when patient is ready for exam while communicating symptoms and relaying questions about lab or x-ray needs; - Adhering to the established corrective action policies and procedures of the laboratory whenever test systems are not within the laboratory’s established acceptable levels of performance and documenting those actions; - Identifying and troubleshooting problems that may adversely affect test performance or report...