Clerk-Lab Assistant

Responsibilities

Job Summary

• Performs admission interview process, perform registrations and order lab tests.
• Ensures all Medicare, insurance and managed care requirement are met.
• Performs venipuncture and capillary punctures for blood tests and knows all safety requirements.
• Performs any additional test procedures such as EKG and therapeutic INRs.
• Performs specimen collections for urine, nasal and throat swabs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of specimen requirements and limitation of testing procedures.
• Acts as a resource for laboratory information.
• Processes specimens for testing, storage and site batches if applicable.

Qualifications

Education

• High school education or equivalent GED. Requires some knowledge of medical terminology. Skill in use of computers including word processing.

Experience

• Requires three months customer service experience. Requires experience as a phlebotomist. Experience as a phlebotomist may be substituted for Customer Service experience. Phlebotomy experience is 3 months phlebotomy experience, or a Clinical Phlebotomy certificate, or 6 months experience in a medical field providing patient care which includes drawing blood. The Phlebotomy Certificate must include a minimum of 32 hours of a clinical rotation.

Licensure/Certification

• Basic Life Support (BLS) training or re-training is required during orientation prior to providing patient care. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) is required to be maintained thru re-training for duration of employment. Outreach employees must have a Valid Oklahoma State Driver’s license with less than 3 points on his/her record if being hired into department # 40110. MVR must meet NRHS MVR policy criteria or Defensive Driving must be taken.

Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Prefer 1 year of experience in a medical setting.