What are the responsibilities and job description for the Laboratory Technical Assistant position at Billings Clinic Health System?
Under general supervision, the incumbent in this position will work in one or more of the primary areas within the Laboratory Department to include Processing, Cytology, Histology, Microbiology, Blood Bank, Hematology, Chemistry and/or Inventory Control. Responsible to assist Laboratory Staff in accordance with established procedures for specimen receipt and testing. Performs laboratory duties as instructed by Laboratory Leadership. ## Additional characteristics for the Lead Role: Acts as a lead for an assigned area of department, including assisting with the day to day operations of the department, responsible for quality control and regulatory readiness of department.
Essential Job Functions
Clinic’s mission, vision, values, code of business conduct and service
expectations. Meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements.
Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency
standards as it relates to the environment, employee, patient safety or job
performance.
policies and procedures.
ordering and monitoring to ensure adequate supplies to meet business needs
within the assigned section of the laboratory (Cytology, Histology,
Sendouts, Hematology, Microbiology, Blood Bank, etc.)
within scope of practice.
including maintaining accurate record systems, requisitions, quality control
data, patient results, and workflow documentation. Understands and demonstrates
appropriate communication of Private Health Information.
transporting specimens, preparation of bone marrow specimens and/or fine needle
aspiration/fine needle biopsies, preparing slides, maintaining integrity of
specimens, and disposal of specimens according to procedure.
of all incoming calls before transferring to alternate resources. Responds to
questions from patients, physicians and other reference labs and provides
routine information, collection and testing procedures, specimen processing,
turn around times, result reporting and reference lab availability. Also
responds to non-routine questions regarding what steps need to be taken to
rectify a situation when the integrity of a sample/specimen has been
compromised.
physician’s office, faxed or mailed depending on orders and situation.
orders. Responsible for ensuring printers and faxes are maintained in good
working order due to the critical nature of information being received. Acts as
a resource in resolving printer and fax related function problems, maintenance
and form loading.
of the specimens to ensure appropriate specimen volumes, packaging, etc.
Assumes responsibility for initiating follow-up action necessary to prevent
and/or resolve problem scenarios and coordinates as appropriate with other
departments, management, etc.
Duties include decisions regarding how to draw sample/specimen, timing of draw,
appropriate preparation of the sample/specimen, timing of mailing, selecting appropriate
reference lab for processing as outlined in laboratory policies and procedures
and tracking and planning the appropriate transportation mode.
Lawson, stocking and monitoring to ensure adequate supplies to meet the
business needs for all areas within the Laboratory department and reference
laboratory. Uses the correct cost center and General Ledger numbers.
efficient response and turnaround times on hospital specimen orders.
staff, pneumatic tube system and external clients. Utilizes judgment to
determine if sample/specimen is appropriate for testing according to
established guidelines or if a redraw will be necessary. Initiates specimen
preparation and processing.
centrifuge), prepares spin-offs, aliquots, cassettes, blocks and slides and
distributes to the appropriate area of the laboratory for final processing.
Monitors printers for STAT orders from the nursing units.
work stations; filling staining stations, imagers, cleaning work areas,
emptying garbage, cleaning of track, checking temperatures of refrigerators and
freezers, cleaning of centrifuges, monitoring courier contact points, creating
cassettes, changing fluids and paraffin, etc.
