What are the responsibilities and job description for the Specimen Collector position at sstar?
Job Description:
About Us
We’re more than just quality treatment for substance use disorders. We’re a total health community. At SSTAR, our mission is healing the community, one person at a time. We will provide a personal level of healthcare and addiction treatment that addresses the mental, physical, and spiritual well-being of everyone we touch. SSTAR is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) which affords our employees eligibility to apply for one of our three Loan Repayment Programs.
The Drug Screen/Specimen Collector is an onsite entry level position responsible for all aspects of the urine specimen process as mandated by state/federal regulations.
Benefits
- 403B
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance through Massachusetts PFML
- Employee discounts, cell phone, eyewear etc.
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Opportunities to earn CEU's
- Voluntary Benefits including but not limited to, Disability, Life, Critical Illness, Accident and Disability Insurances
Duties & Responsibilities
- Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock and placing orders.
- Collection of urine samples.
- Monitoring all urine results in the SMART system.
- Responsible for maintaining up to date urine lists.
- Monitoring the 15 urine specimens per year are obtained from clients.
- Posting urine specimen lists 24 hours in advance.
- Printing all urine tickets/labels required for collection.
- Any other miscellaneous duties associated with specimen monitoring.
- Greet clients/Visitors and assist them as needed.
- Registers clients that are arriving for admission.
- Verifying insurance coverage.
- Collect client payments and process required reports for Account Receivable.
- Files and pulls medical records.
- Responsible for department filing medical records.
- Collects client information and enters into SMART.
- Answers telephone, directs calls or assists caller as necessary.
- Provides back up for expediter by facilitating client admission onto the Lifeline program and making a smooth transition to medical and clinical staff.
- Responsible for service and assistance with postage.
- Responds to emergency situations by alerting the appropriate staff.
Experience and Skills:
Qualifications:
- GED or Highschool diploma.
- Basic computer skills.
- Able to multi task.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Communicates effectively and sensitively on the telephone and in person.
- Good computer skills and data entry experience.
- Ability to work as a team member and work well under pressure.
