Description
Inova Health System is seeking a Medical Lab Technician Assistant for a job in Burke, Virginia.
Job Description & Requirements- Specialty: Medical Lab Technician
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Duration: Ongoing
- Shift: days
- Employment Type: Staff
The Laboratory Technician Assistant 3 for the Patient Services Center (PSC) manages specimen accessioning accurately and efficiently to provide quality specimens for Laboratory testing. This position will perform registration procedures accurately/efficiently to ensure regulatory compliance. LTA3s perform specimen collection by confirming patient identification, collecting specimens in proper tubes, utilizing best practice techniques, and accurately label specimens to ensure accurate results. Training of new Team Members is one of the most important tasks of LTA3.
Inova Benefits and Perks:
- Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage
- Life Insurance, Short/Long Term Disability
- NEW! 4 weeks PAID PARENTAL LEAVE
- Retirement: Inova matches dollar for dollar the first 5% of your eligible pay that you contribute to the plan
- Competitive salary: Pay based experience.
- Amazing Paid Time Off: Accrue PTO hours on your very first day of work.
- Supplemental Plans: Including Auto/Home Insurance discounts, Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection
- Additional Benefits: Educational Assistance of up to $5,250/year, Student Loan Refinancing, Adoption Assistance, Child Care Centers, Scholarship Program, Free Parking, Exclusive savings opportunities to in-store events, theme parks, discounts, movie tickets and local offerings and so much more!
Requirements for consideration:
Minimum Education:
- High School diploma or equivalent. Completion of Phlebotomy training required; completion certificate from a Phlebotomy program or another Allied Health training program, such as Medical Assistant, Medical Lab Technician or Medical Technologist
Years of Experience:
- 3 years of experience working in a clinical lab environment or as a phlebotomist and 1 year within Inova Laboratory in PSC
Job Responsibilities
- Communicates effectively and works cooperatively with others to optimize job performance and foster working relationships.
- Orders supplies as needed and maintains a clean, orderly and well-stocked department. Notifies appropriate personnel of shortages.
- Ensures accurate specimen processing to maintain specimen integrity while evaluating specimen acceptability for testing (i.e. clots/hemolysis.
- Responsible for specimens collected by special procedures properly per facility policy (e.g. irretrievable specimens, pathology specimens, 24 hour urine, light protected, , chain of custody collections, Newborn Screens).
- Performs proper specimen collection by confirming patient identification, collecting specimens in proper tubes, utilizing best practice venipuncture/capillary techniques and accurately labeling specimens to ensure accurate patient results.
- Demonstrates proper technique to provide standard of care such as proper preparation, (site selection, order of draw), proper technique following standard precautions and proper disposal of supplies according to facility policies.
- Provides complete and accurate training for new team members, ensuring they are ready to complete all duties for their position.
- Other duties as assigned.
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Inova Job ID #662332. Posted job title: lab tech assistant 3 psc-full time (days)
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