Lab Tech Asst

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

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