Phlebotomist/Lab Tech Support I -Outpatient Per Diem

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At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Performs a variety of routine procedures with the collection, receiving, triaging and/or processing of laboratory requisitions and specimens involving technical and data entry duties.

I. Major Responsibilities:

• Receives specimens from couriers and checks manifests to verify appropriate count.
• Logs and assigns accession numbers to specimens and requisitions received.
• Sorts and triages requisitions and specimens to appropriate workstation; completes and files manifests.
• Answers telephones and communicates pertinent information. Sends specimens and carriers to various sites using pneumatic tube or dumbwaiter. Performs minor troubleshooting of pneumatic tube through computer.
• Processes specimens including centrifugation, pour-off, aliquoting, and labeling.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required: 1. High School graduate; familiarity with data entry and/or word processor and medical terminology. Preferred:

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

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