Clinical Lab Assistant I

Wage Range: $ $37.23 per hour

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Job Summary:

Performs venipuncture and capillary specimen collection on patients. Depending on work location, performs in-house phlebotomy, in house processing, phlebotomy in a physician office setting, or registration and phlebotomy in a patient service center. Demonstrate effective communication among laboratory colleagues, clients, physicians, medical office staff and patients.

Primary Duties:

1. Performs venipuncture and capillary puncture blood sample collections on patients of all age groups, and accurately identifies and labels all specimens following established laboratory protocol.

2. Uses the laboratory information system or other reference laboratory's web- based applications to independently solve complex issues in a sensitive, caring, and timely manner.

3. Processes all specimens in accordance with laboratory protocol including the proper handling, centrifugation, storage, packaging, and transport.

4. Responsible for collecting all insurance/financial information necessary for proper billing, for Outpatient collections. Demonstrates knowledge of requirements for collecting ABN's and filling out MSPQ information

5. Accurately enters orders and patient demographic information in the laboratory information system.

6. Answer and navigate calls with accuracy, efficiency, and courtesy using the best customer service tactics and practices.

7. Performs other duties as assigned.

License, Certification, Education or Experience:

REQUIRED for the position:

• High School graduate or equivalent or applicable course work to be applied to obtain required WA State Medical Assistant-Phlebotomy (MA-P)- Certification.
• Certification from an approved laboratory-training program with successful completion of a required internship preferred, or relevant work experience
• State of Washington Medical Assistant-Phlebotomy (MA-P) or equivalent, upon hire
• Medical terminology

DESIRED for the position:

• Previous training and competence in dealing with unique needs in the range of customer service situations with clinicians and their office staff.
• Working knowledge of the various government regulations specifically Medicare and the Washington state medical Test Site regulations. Working knowledge of the College of American Pathologists (ASCP) and the Joint Commission (TJC) inspection criteria

Benefit Information:

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At EvergreenHealth, we appreciate our employees' commitment and contribution to our success. We are proud to offer a suite of quality benefits and resources that are comprehensive, flexible, and competitive to help our staff and their loved ones maintain and improve health and financial well-being.

• Medical, vision and dental insurance
• On-demand virtual health care
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement plans 457(b) and 401(a) with employer contribution)
• Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate degrees
• Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
• Paid Time Off/Vacation
• Extended Illness Bank/Sick Leave
• Paid holidays
• Voluntary hospital indemnity insurance
• Voluntary identity theft protection
• Voluntary legal insurance
• Pay in lieu of benefits premium program
• Free parking
• Commuter benefits
• Cafeteria & Gift Shop Discount

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