Specimen Processor 1
Abbott
Specimen Processor 1
Abbott
Makes heart devices, glucose sensors and lab tests
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The Opportunity
This position works out of our Phoenix, AZ location in the Cancer Diagnostic Division.
We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.
Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, cardiometabolic, informatics, and toxicology.
Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.
Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.
Our molecular division delivers best-in-class innovative testing solutions for people around the world to provide answers to life’s critical health decisions. We help people live full and healthy lives through our accessible, molecular-based solutions.
Position Overview
The Specimen Processor I is responsible for the accurate receipt, preparation for testing, and storage of all specimens while and providing excellent service to clients. This is a technical position requiring excellent
customer service, accuracy, organization, and prioritization.
Schedule: All applicants must be available to work any schedule Monday – Saturday between the hours of 6:00am – 9:00pm
Essential Duties
include but are not limited to the following:
• Accession and data entry of incoming specimens into the Laboratory Information System (LIS).
• Review requisitions for completeness and assure proper collection, identification, labeling, and
specimen integrity by following the laboratory’s procedures for specimen handling, accessioning, and
storage.
• Maintain detailed records of specimen rejection and problem logs.
• Triage specimens to the appropriate department.
• Contact external pathology laboratories to acquire necessary patient samples for test orders, as
necessary.
• Assist with specimen shipping coordination and communicate testing status and non-conformance to
collection sites, as needed.
• Work with collection sites to resolve communication problems, as needed.
• Obtain necessary clinical information for the purpose of quality control and billing for testing; interact
with billing service to assure necessary clinical information is provided.
• Engage with ordering physician offices staff, patients, and payors to verify coverage and obtain
preauthorization for testing, as needed.
• Follow up on issued final reports and the return of any related patient testing samples to their
originating laboratory.
• Maintain patient privacy and adhere to any applicable HIPAA regulations.
• Assist in daily lab functions and responsibilities and perform general laboratory duties expected of
maintaining a CLIA certified laboratory to include quality control activities.
• Strong human relations, communication, and organizational skills.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and
teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to work designated schedule.
• Ability to work overtime as needed.
• Ability to work on a computer and phone simultaneously.
Minimum Qualifications
• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with healthcare and research professionals.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation.
Preferred Qualifications
• Associates Degree in a biological science field.
• Experience with handling medical specimens.
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to age, color, creed, disability, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran
status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other status protected by applicable local, state or
federal law. Applicable portions of the Company’s affirmative action program are available to any applicant or
employee for inspection upon request.
The base pay for this position is
$14.85 – $29.65/hourIn specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Abbott makes medical devices, diagnostic tests, nutrition products and branded generic drugs for hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies and patients. Its best-known product is the FreeStyle Libre, a coin-sized sensor worn on the upper arm that tracks blood sugar around the clock without routine finger pricks. Its other lines run from heart valves, pacemakers and brain stimulators to lab analyzers, rapid tests and mail-in colon cancer screening kits, and Abbott earns money by selling these products to health systems, labs, retailers and consumers. The company was founded in 1888 by Chicago physician Wallace Abbott and is based in Abbott Park, Illinois.
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