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Prime Healthcare

Acquires and reorganizes underperforming hospitals

Lab Assistant - Specialty Lab

Diagnostics & Laboratory ProfessionalsUpdated on Nov 5
Full-timeEvanston, IL, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
  • A state certification as CPT I or CPT II is required if the laboratory is located in a state where certification is required.

Responsibilities

  • Follow CLIA guidelines. Unlicensed laboratory personnel may not read, result, verify, or interpret laboratory tests; perform tests involving quantitative measurement of specimens or reagents; perform calculations to determine test results or procedure validity; calibrate instruments; or review quality-control results to monitor instrument or test-procedure performance. During the analytical testing phase, unlicensed personnel require direct and constant supervision by a CLS or other licensed person.
  • Perform computer entry, filing, telephone communication, and other clerical duties.
  • Greet patients and visitors politely and demonstrate good telephone etiquette.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of terminology for tests ordered in the laboratory.
  • Use phlebotomy knowledge and specimen-collection equipment for patients ranging from newborns to geriatric patients.
  • Process specimens in the pre-analytic phase for pathology, microbiology, immunology, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, chemistry, and blood bank.
  • Process specimens for reference laboratories.
  • Stock and order routine supplies.
  • Keep storage areas, trays, centrifuges, and collection areas clean.
  • Process specimens or place them on laboratory instruments in accordance with established policies and procedures.
  • With documented training, perform instrument preventive maintenance and troubleshooting; assist with quality-control procedures; perform primary culture inoculations and slide staining preparations; and subculture from liquid media.
  • Perform other assigned tasks, including monitoring, mailing, faxing, answering phones, and interdepartmental deliveries.
  • Assist in Pathology with training and evaluation.
  • Act as a runner.
  • Assist with transcribing post-analytic results.

Desired Qualifications

  • A minimum of one year of clinical laboratory experience performing similar job functions is preferred.
  • A current BLS certificate upon hire, maintained thereafter, is preferred.

About the Company

Prime Healthcare

Acquires and reorganizes underperforming hospitals

Prime Healthcare operates a network of hospitals and outpatient centers across the United States, concentrating on turning around financially struggling facilities. It invests in infrastructure and technology, restructures operations, and negotiates payer terms (including pursuing higher out-of-network reimbursements) to improve financial performance, and it manages both for-profit hospitals and not-for-profit facilities through the Prime Healthcare Foundation. The company aims to raise clinical quality and patient safety while expanding access in hundreds of communities, though it has faced legal and regulatory scrutiny over billing practices and service-line decisions. Its goal is to stabilize and improve the financial and clinical performance of underperforming hospitals so they can continue serving their communities.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$2.2B
Headquarters
Ontario, CA
Founded
2001

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