What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Laboratory Support Specialist - Per Diem position at Holy Name Medical Center?
Description
Clin Lab Support Spec
Welcome to Holy Name, a medical center where innovation is not just a goal — it's a commitment. Here, medical excellence thrives, allowing hope to reign supreme and leaving no room for fear. At our hospital, every patient is cared for with undivided attention — because healing every soul is our sole focus.
Holy Name is New Jersey's only independent Catholic health system, comprising a 361-bed acute care hospital, a renowned cancer center, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a residential hospice, a prestigious nursing school, and an extensive physician network. Healing at Holy Name goes beyond medicine and technology – it is infused with faith, conviction, compassion, and a commitment to educating the next generation of healthcare professionals through graduate medical education, a Pharmacy Residency Program, and our Institute for Simulation Learning. Our mission to provide care for the body, mind, and soul spans education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and overall wellness. This is at the core of who we are and what we do, and we've done it this way across generations, every single day, for nearly 100 years. Every innovation, medical breakthrough, and groundbreaking treatment is powered by some of the best minds in medicine, ensuring nothing is left on the table or the road to recovery.
A Brief Overview
Provides clinical support for pre-analytical specimen processing and post-analytical report distribution for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
What you will do
- Technical: • Familiar with specimen requirements and patient population for all tests. Researches requirements for reference tests. • Processes all types of specimens, including blood, urine, body fluids and cultures. • Processes specimens that require special processing like bone marrow, stones, amniotic fluid and products of conception. Processes special outpatient test requests (Transplant kits, Clinical Research, etc.) • Diligent in processing priority specimens within the Laboratory’s STAT goals. • Serves as a resource for nursing units for specimen requirements. • Accurately labels specimens. • Distributes routine and STAT specimens in a timely manner to appropriate lab sections for analysis. • If competent, performs outpatient phlebotomy as necessary.
- LIS/HIS: • Verifies patient registration information Assures correct current registration is used for test orders. Performs reduced registration as necessary. • Assures that correct physician is associated with each patient’s order. • Assures that all tests are entered as ordered by the physician. • Documents receipt of specimens in the laboratory from all sources like pneumatic tube and outreach. • Prints and distributes laboratory reports. • Assists Senior Clinical Support Specialists with downtime procedures.
- Customer Service: • Answers the phone in a timely and professional manner. • Attempts to answer questions, but refers questions and problems to the appropriate laboratory personnel when necessary. • Documents caller information clearly and accurately. • Accepts physician orders with read back to verify. Asks for a faxed prescription. • Reports patient results by reading or faxing the report. • Records courier calls for pickup. • Dispatches couriers. • Schedules Glucose Tolerance Tests. • Monitors and improves customer service of Laboratory Front Office. Monitors appearance of Lab Outpatient Waiting Room.
- Operational: • Notifies Senior Clinical Support Specialists when supplies need to be replenished. • Assists Laboratory Administrative Assistant as needed. • Demonstrates infection control and other safety techniques. Practices Standard Precautions. • Follows Hospital and Lab Policies and procedures. • Respects patient confidentiality. Practices HIPAA compliance. • Perform related duties as required
Education Qualifications
- High School Diploma Or equivalent Required
Experience Qualifications
- Phlebotomy experience Preferred
Holy Name is a mission-driven facility whose quality standards and philosophy are rooted in the principles of its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Those principles are exercised daily by the Medical Center's dedicated and talented team of physicians, nurses, allied health employees, and a wide variety of non-clinical administrative and operational staff members. Holy Name is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
