Springfield Clinic

Physician-owned multispecialty healthcare

Laboratory Assistant 3

Diagnostics & Laboratory ProfessionalsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-time$18.22 - $26.42In-person

About the Job

Requirements

A high school diploma or GED is required, with documentation.
Previous phlebotomy and medical laboratory experience is required.
Ability to multitask and accurately organize large volumes of work.
Ability to independently research questions and communicate facts and ideas to other laboratories and clinic personnel.
Ability to handle heavy workloads, competing demands, and stress.
Ability to stand 90% of an eight-hour workday.
Ability to lift an occasional light load of 20 pounds.
Ability to use a microscope and identify crystals and cellular structures, correlating biochemical results with microscopy.
Ability to set up cultures, maintain specimen identity accurately, and organize microbiology work.
For bone marrow assistance, ability to work quickly and confidently, collect supplies and reagents and paperwork, make smears, determine tubes or media for special testing, and assist a physician as needed.

Responsibilities

Receive specimens and ensure all samples requested for testing are present.
Aliquot specimens when needed, sort or send specimens to each department, and process requests for add-on testing.
Handle Airborne and Federal Express mailings and send reportable test levels to the State Public Health Department.
Assist with bone marrow procedures by collecting supplies, reagents, and paperwork; making smears; determining tubes or media for special testing; and assisting the physician as needed.
Perform urine microscopy and correlate findings with biochemical results.
Set up microbiology cultures and maintain accurate specimen identity.
Post patient charges into the billing program, review invoices, request credits when necessary, and assist the inventory clerk and LIS Coordinator as needed.
Answer phones and contact patients or physician offices.
Comply with Springfield Clinic incident reporting policies and procedures.
Adhere to required OSHA and Springfield Clinic training and accomplishment policies.
Provide customer service in accordance with the SC Way customer service philosophy.
Perform other assigned job duties.

The Laboratory Assistant 3 is responsible for urine microscopy, setting up microbiology specimens, assisting in processing specimens from bone marrow, setting up and processing culture specimens as assigned, posting charges, reviewing bills and assisting with inventory as assigned.

Job Relationships
Reports to the Laboratory Manager or Lab Supervisor

Principal Responsibilities

PROCESSING - responsible for receiving speciments, ensure all samples are present for testing requested, aliquot speciments when needed, sort or send out speciments for each department, process requests for add-on testing, handle Airborne and Federal Express mailings, and send out reportable test levels to State Public Health Department.
ASSIST WITH BONE MARROW - Phlebotomist must be able to work quickly, confidently and not faint. Responsible for the collection of supplies and reagents and paperwork. Must have the dexterity to make smears, determine what tubes or media to be used for special testing and assist physician as needed.
URINE MICROSCOPY - must be able to use a microscope, show competency in identifying crystals, cellular structures and correlate biochemical results with microscopy.
MICROBIOLOGY - must be able to set up cultures, maintain identity accurately and organize work.
BILLING - responsible for posting patient charges into the billing program, performing invoive review, requesting credits when necessary and assisting inventory clerk and LIS Coordinator as needed.
Will answer phones and contact patients or physician offices.
Comply with the Springfield Clinic incident reporting policy and procedures.
Adhere to all OSHA and Springfield Clinic training & accomplishments as required per policy.
Provide excellent customer service and adhere to SC Way customer service philosophy.
Perform other job duties as assigned.

Education/Experience

High School graduate or GED required and provide documentation.
Must have previous phlebotomy and medical lab experience.
After six (6) months of employment should be fully capable of performing job duties accurately and completely.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to multi-task and organize large volumes of work accurately.
Must have good problem solving skills.
Must be able to independently research questions and be able to communicate facts and ideas to other laboratories and clinic personnel.
Must be able to handle heavy workloads, competing demands and stress well.
Must be able to stand 90% of the time for an 8 hour work day.
Must be able to lift occasional light load of 20 pounds.

PHI/Privacy Level
HIPAA2

Pay Range: $18.22-$26.42

About the Company

Springfield Clinic

Physician-owned multispecialty healthcare

Springfield Clinic is a physician-owned multispecialty medical group serving central Illinois. It provides primary care, specialty medicine, urgent care, diagnostics, procedures, and outpatient services through clinics across the region. Patients receive care from physicians and advanced practitioners supported by coordinated clinical and administrative teams. Its operating model connects medical departments with nursing, imaging, laboratories, pharmacy, scheduling, revenue cycle, and technology. Roles span clinical practice, allied health, patient access, medical support, information systems, facilities, and administration.

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