• Lab Assistant/Phlebotomist

    Beth Israel Lahey Health (Newburyport, MA)


    **Job Type:** Regular

    **Time Type:** Full time

    **Work Shift:** Evening (United States of America)

    **FLSA Status:** Non-Exempt

     

    When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

    LAB ASSISTANT/PHLEB

    Job Description:

    _Join Anna Jaques Hospital (AJH), a distinguished not-for-profit community hospital nestled in the picturesque coastal community of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Since 1884, AJH has been a cornerstone of healthcare excellence in the Merrimack Valley, North Shore, and Southern New Hampshire regions, renowned for our commitment to high-quality care and exceptional patient satisfaction. Located just 35 miles northeast of Boston, AJH offers the perfect blend of a supportive community hospital environment and the vast opportunities that come with being part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, one of the largest healthcare systems in the region. As a member of our team, you'll be part of a network of over 39,000 caregivers and staff dedicated to providing extraordinary care to more than 1.7 million people from 150+ cities and towns across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Discover a rewarding career at AJH, where you can make a meaningful impact within a close-knit community while advancing your professional growth within a thriving healthcare system._

     

    _Are you ready to become a part of our dynamic Laboratory team?_

    Essential Functions:

    Specimen Accessioning and Processing

    + Accurately registers patients into the Meditech System and enters test requests according to orders.

    + Properly labels, receives and processes specimens according to laboratory protocol and distributes specimens to the appropriate testing areas in a timely manner. Centrifuges, aliquots and labels specimens.

    + Reviews and resolve specimen issues. Communicates in a timely manner to clients, and laboratory staff.

    + Utilizes principles of pre-analytic variables in the processing of specimens.

    + Checks and maintains proper inventory levels of supplies.

    Client Services

    + Answers telephone professionally by properly identifying oneself and department. Interacts with requesting departments, physicians’ offices, etc. with patience, tact, and courtesy as demonstrated by no legitimate complaints annually. Inspires confidence in caller.

    + Makes every attempt to serve as single resource in answering customer questions completely, avoiding unnecessary hand-offs and transfers. Refers complex questions to the appropriate supervisor or technologist.

    + Takes complete messages and routes appropriately and in a timely manner.

    Patient Registration

    + Performs a full/short patient registration.

    + Obtains all required billing information

    + Order Entry

    + Selects proper tests, clinicians, test priorities, special instructions

    + Advance Beneficiary Notice

    + Utilizes ABN Software according to policies

    Phlebotomy

    + Performs phlebotomy procedures using defined protocols outlined in Phlebotomy Procedure Manual.

    + Responds to STAT request in a timely manner

    **Scheduled Hours:** 40 hr/week, rotating weekends and holidays

    **Work Shift:** Evenings

    **Education Required:** High School diploma. Medical Assistant graduate or successful completion of an approved accredited phlebotomy program preferred.

    **Licenses, Registrations, Certifications Required:** Maintains Heart Saver or BLS. National certification preferred.

    **Required Experience:** 6 months related work experience desired but may be waived depending upon applicants’ apparent strengths and abilities.

    Benefits working at Anna Jaques Hospital:

    + Tuition Reimbursement

    + Career Development and Opportunities

    + Free On-Site Parking

    + Discounts/Savings on various businesses.

    + Health and Wellness activities

     

    Apply today and learn more!

     

    As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) about this requirement.

     

    More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

     

    Equal Opportunity** **Employer/Veterans/Disabled