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Laboratory Support Technician
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What they do
A Medical Laboratory Technician helps with the performance of laboratory tests in toxicology, chemistry, hematology, immunology, and microbiology laboratories, which provide information for medical patient diagnosis and treatment. Sets up, operates, and maintains laboratory equipment, makes observations, and calculates and records results; receives, types, tests, and records blood bank inventories.
$52,589 / year median in Wisconsin
+10% projected growth
Job Description
- It's more than a career, it's a calling
- WI-SSM Health Outpatient Center-Madison
Worker Type:
- Regular
Job Highlights:
- Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community.
Department:
- Laboratory
Schedule:
- 40 hours per week - day shift Apply today. SSM Health - We bring out the incredible in you, everyday.
Job Summary:
- Under direct supervision, this position performs routine laboratory tasks according to procedures. May perform phlebotomy and/or waived testing. May also perform a variety of general clerical duties to support the laboratory department, including receptionist and secretarial support, admission activities, and order entry processing.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Assists customers including answering phones and responding to customer inquiries. + Assists laboratory staff in the daily operation of the lab by collecting, labeling, processing and preserving blood, urine and other specimens according to established laboratory procedures. + Enters, accesses and executes lab orders in the appropriate laboratory and electronic medical record system. + Cleans and maintains laboratory supplies and work area. + May update statistical records, labels tubes, and schedules processing runs. + May perform phlebotomy and/or waived testing. + Identifies patients using two identifiers. + Performs a variety of administrative and clerical duties including admission activities, insurance verification, order entry processing and medical record processing. + Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. + Performs other duties as assigned.EDUCATION
+ High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience.EXPERIENCE
+ No experience requiredPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. + Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. + Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. + Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. + Frequent keyboard use/data entry. + Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping. + Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. + Rare climbing.REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
State of Work Location:
Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin + Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)Work Shift:
- Day Shift (United States of America)
Job Type:
- Employee
Department:
- 5800020164 DSMOC Lab
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
- 40 _SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Benefits
- Dental Insurance