What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lab Tech Asst position at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital?
Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Laboratory Supervisor or CLS/MLT designee, the Laboratory Tech Assistant is responsible for Inpatient and Outpatient phlebotomy, specimen processing, and operating and maintaining automated instrumentation.
Licensure and Certification:
- Current California CPT-1 Certificate
Education:
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent
Experience:
- Minimum 6 months continuous phlebotomy experience required
- 1-2 years previous hospital laboratory experience preferred
Knowledge and Skills:
- Phlebotomy experience with neonates, children and elderly, preferably in an inpatient setting.
- Ability to work well within a team environment.
- Ability to speak, read, and write fluently and professionally in English as well as follow verbal instructions with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work flexible shifts
- Strong organizational skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Problem solving skills
- Basic computer skills
Physical Demands - Patient Care:
- Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.
- Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.
- Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
- Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
- Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.
- Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
- Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
- Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.
Key for Physical Demands | |
Continuous | 66 to 100% of the time |
Frequent | 33 to 65% of the time |
Occasional | 0 to 32% of the time |