Support Service Specialist

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As the Support Service Specialist, you will be asked to support both Pre-Analytical and Analytical areas of the laboratory to ensure seamless operation for quality patient care.

• Greets patients and pleasantly introduces oneself and confirms identification utilizing the two LGH patient identifiers (name and date of birth).
• Perform registration, test ordering and expedition of samples throughout the laboratory.
• Maintain competence and ensure insurance eligibility is completed at every encounter.
• Maintain standing orders/test orders from physician offices within a regulatory timeframe.
• Educate patients with instructions for urinalysis collection, scheduling cortrosyn stimulation test, glucose tolerance test, and semen analysis.
• Oversee inventory management of laboratory supplies in-house and for outreach sites.
• Process, package, and ship specimens to be sent to the reference laboratory.
• Competent to work in the Microbiology lab as a specimen planter.
• Keeps Laboratory Management informed of any unusual concerns, situations, or conditions relative to staff, patients, and physicians.
  
  

Required

• High School Graduate
• Computer skills and medical terminology
  
  

Preferred

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in a related science field
• Experienced in a hospital or related setting.
  
  

Lawrence General Hospital is a private, non-profit community hospital providing the Merrimack Valley & southern New Hampshire regions with patient-centered, compassionate and quality healthcare for the whole family. For over 140 years, the dedicated doctors, nurses, and staff of Lawrence General have been committed to improving the health of the people and communities we serve.

LGH offers competitive pay, a robust benefit package, generous paid time off and free parking. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce.

In 2022, Healthgrades ranked LGH in the top 5 percent of hospitals in the country, and was awarded a top spot on Forbes’ annual list of America’s Best-In-State Employers 2020!