Specimen Technician

Pride Health is hiring a Specimen Technician to support our client’s medical facility in Miramar FL 33025

Title: Specimen Technician

Location: Miramar FL 33025

Schedule: 9 pm-midnight / 8-hour shifts with a break

M-F: 11 pm-730am CST

Pay Range/Salary Range: $17/hr. - $19.78/hr.

Contract Duration: 6 months, Possible extension

The Specimen Processing Technician I (SPT I) provides general support within the Specimen Processing Department. This role involves a variety of laboratory support and data entry tasks in a fast-paced, production-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

• A-station processing
• Presorting samples
• Specimen pickup and delivery
• Imaging/microfilming
• Centrifugation and aliquoting
• Ensure all tasks are completed:
• Within required turnaround times
• Enter data with a minimum speed of 6,000 alphanumeric keystrokes/hour
• Maintain organization and properly identify specimen types based on ordered tests
• Follow all compliance regulations related to test ordering (subject to frequent updates)
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment, including biohazard safety practices

Work Environment & Expectations

• Production-based setting focused on productivity and quality standards

Requires ability to:

• Sit or stand for extended periods
• Adapt quickly to changing procedures and workload demands

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent
• Skills & Knowledge: Basic computer knowledge required
• Familiarity with laboratory testing or specimen processing preferred

Experience

• No prior experience required

Preferred:

• Laboratory or clinical experience
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Hospital or production environment experience

Additional Requirements

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) candidates strongly preferred (English proficiency required)

Pride Health is Pride Global's healthcare staffing branch, providing recruitment solutions for healthcare professionals and the industry at large since 2010. As a minority-owned business that delivers exceptional service to its clients and candidates by capitalizing on diverse recruiting, account management, and staffing backgrounds, Pride Health's expert team provides tailored and swift sourcing solutions to help connect healthcare talent with their dream jobs.

Pride Global and its affiliates, including Russell Tobin, Pride Health, Pride Now, and Pride One, offer eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Pride-Health is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment

Pride-Health is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates:

Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.

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