Laboratory Assistant

Job Description

Laboratory Assistant (FULL-TIME)

“The Largest Independent Established Multi-Specialty Group in Central North Carolina is Seeking a Full-Time Lab Assistant to join our Team in Kernersville!”

VOTED “BUSINESS OF THE YEAR” 2018

VOTED ONE OF THE “FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES IN THE TRIAD” 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Our mission at BMC is to provide excellent care through a Multi-Specialty approach from prevention to intervention of potentially life-threatening health problems.
Summary of Position:

The Laboratory Assistant performs the general daily specimen processing, testing, and quality assurance as set forth by the laboratory guidelines. The Laboratory Assistant personnel monitor laboratory temperatures, accession samples, and examine specimen integrity to ensure acceptable levels of performance. The Laboratory Assistant immediately notifies the Laboratory Manager or Medical Laboratory Technician/Technologist of any problems or concerns that relate to patient testing.

Responsibilities:

· Performs Minimum to Waived levels of testing as listed in the test menu.
· Follows procedures for specimen handling, processing, test analyses, reporting, record maintenance of patient results, and quality controls.
· Performs testing of proficiency samples and sees that testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens.
· Adheres to the laboratory’s quality control policies and documents all QC activities.
· Follows the laboratory’s policies whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance.
· Identifies problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and either correct the problem or notify the Laboratory Manager or other appropriate laboratory personnel.
· Ensures patient results are not reported until all corrective action has been taken and the test system is functioning properly.
· Documents all corrective actions taken when the test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications.
· Monitors test analyses and specimen examination.
· Ensures that the physical plant and environmental conditions are appropriate for the testing performed.
· Provides a safe environment from physical, chemical, and biological hazards.
· Accessions and processes laboratory specimens using good laboratory practices. Notifies originating clients of samples that deviate from acceptable standards in a timely fashion for specimen recollections.
· Performs other related duties as negotiated.

Education:

• High School Diploma.

Equipment:

· Waived laboratory testing only unless otherwise noted.

Typical Mental Demands:

· Must be able to analyze variables and choose an effective course of action. Must react favorably in stressful situations.
· Must be mentally adaptable and flexible in dealing with a variety of people and situations.
· Emotional stability and personal maturity are important attributes of this position.

Physical Demands:

· Requires eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity to operate laboratory instruments and computers.
· Requires normal range of hearing and color vision.
· Requires standing, reaching, and lifting to 50+ pounds.

Working Conditions:

· 7:30 am - 4:30 pm shift
· Occasionally called on to work overtime hours.

Benefit Package Includes:

• Competitive Hourly Pay
• Generous PTO
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• 401K
• And more!

About Bethany Medical:

Bethany Medical is the largest independent, established multi-specialty group in Central North Carolina, serving the Triad and surrounding communities for over 39 years. Bethany Medical is open 7 days a week, with thirteen convenient locations and sixteen practices in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Kernersville, Jamestown, North Wilkesboro, and Mt. Airy, North Carolina. We have grown to provide the facilities, staff, and support to offer urgent care, primary care, diagnostic testing, outpatient ancillary, and specialty care services on-site. Bethany Medical is staffed with board-certified physicians and providers representing sixteen medical specialties. Practice staff members are known for treating each patient with prompt, personalized care and attention. Bethany Medical employs over sixty-five providers and more than 575 employees.


About the Triad:

The Triad area includes Greensboro (the third-largest city in NC), Winston-Salem, High Point, and the surrounding area. The Triad is centrally located in NC with a population of 1.9 million. The Triad is 1 hour from the mountains and 3 hours from the beach. Charlotte and Raleigh are 1.5 hours from the Triad. The Triad offers all the amenities of a larger city without all the traffic. The Piedmont Triad International Airport is conveniently located in Greensboro with convenient non-stop flights to most major cities. Enjoy an outstanding quality of life with no shortage of arts, entertainment, recreation, shopping, and hundreds of restaurants. The Triad is home to eighty-five colleges and universities including Wake Forest University, High Point University, UNC-Greensboro, NC A&T, Guilford College, Bennett College, and Greensboro College.

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