Lab Technician Assistant PSC Lead

Job Description

Inova Central Lab is looking for a dedicated Lab Technician Assistant PSC Lead to join the team located at 381 Elden St #1000 Herndon, VA 20170. This role will be Full Time, days shift Monday-Friday with Rotating Weekends, 7:30-5pm

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
  
  

Lab Technician Assistant PSC Lead Job Responsibilities

• Performs proper specimen collection, by confirming patient ID, collecting specimens in proper tubes, utilizing venipuncture/capillary techniques, and accurately labeling the specimens/blood products to ensure accurate patient results; Follows standard protocol for patient ID and specimen/blood product labeling including final verification.
• Demonstrates organization skills by prioritizing collection requests/blood product inventory needs; Selects appropriate equipment prior to collection: i.e. tubes, supplies. Verifies orders per department policy; Demonstrates proper technique to provide excellent standard of care; Demonstrates knowledge performing special procedures per facility department and based on competency assessment specific to those procedures.
• Maintains current knowledge of methods for blood, urine, stool, and culture collections and explains specimen collection protocols to patients, nurses and physicians as required; Provides quality customer and technical support and maintains positive relationships through timely, courteous, accurate and efficiently handling of inquiries.
• Participates in annual skills review, written evaluation of personal knowledge and direct observation of technique and process prior to evaluation deadline.
• Explains and keeps customers informed of all processes and procedures; Helps customers to have clear expectation of what is occurring and duration of procedure and when there will be a wait time; Assesses data and provides age specific care to patients; Performs registration and reviews billing information accurately and efficiently in order to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Manages specimen processing accurately and efficiently to provide quality specimens for laboratory testing; Evaluates specimens for acceptability per policy (volume, labeling, proper documentation); Receives specimens accurately in the LIS. Performs Clinical Order entry correctly; Accurately labels smears, media plates, centrifuge tubes and other secondary containers using two patient identifiers..
  
  

Lab Technician Assistant PSC Lead Additional Requirements

Certification - Basic Life Support upon start;

Phlebotomy Technician completion certificate from a Phlebotomy program or another Allied Health training program, such as Medical Assistant, MLT or MT. OR documented foreign equivalent

Licensure - None Required

Experience - 3 years of experience in a Patient Service Center environment, registration, specimen processing experience

Education - Other Completion of Phlebotomy training required; completion certificate from a Phlebotomy program or another Allied Health training program, such as Medical Assistant, MLT or MT. OR documented foreign equivalent

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 25,000 team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.