Health Technician

Job Title

Health Technician

Duties

Major duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Receives patients for medical laboratory testing.
• Processes orders and appointment, collects specimens and evaluates tests for processing determination.
• Performs patients care procedures such as collection of lab specimens, applying dressings, and adjusting simple supportive equipment.
• Contacts providers to correct order errors and to place orders if a patient arrives with no orders in the system.
• Follows proper patient preparations and venipuncture while following sterile collection techniques and bandage patient appropriately following collection.
• Collect, label, process, store, and either ship specimens that require reference lab testing or deliver to laboratory area that performs tests that are outside of the Health Technician scope of testing or not performed at our facilities.
• Monitor the patient's status and inform the provider of critical changes in health status and lab values.
• Organizes work so that efficiency is paramount and work area is neat, tidy and meets all regulatory requirements for sanitization required for laboratory certification.
• Monitors and documents temperature and humidity of room and equipment, refrigerators, instruments, etc.
• Responsible for all point of care laboratory testing which includes Urinalysis, Pregnancy Testing, Hemoglobin A1C, stool Hema cults, Rapid Strep, Rapid Flu and finger stick blood glucose.
• Ensure that all quality control materials are run and acceptable daily or as required by regulations.
• Ensure proper cleaning and perform minor maintenance of laboratory equipment and make adjustments as needed.
• Make adjustments to equipment of laboratory testing, set up all necessary accessories and supplies regarding laboratory testing and assist with minor surgical procedures.
• Run any proficiency specimens correctly and within required timeframe.
• Performs daily, monthly maintenance as required and documents such appropriately.
• Processes tissue cultures and specimen samples related to pathology testing which require difficult specialized procedures, specifically dermatological procedures (assists with pathology paperwork and specimen collection, transport, and proper labeling).
• Assists the ATC in the supervision of clinical staff including training and competency assessments.
• Maintains continuity of functions and provides full medical administrate support and nursing assistant functions within the clinic to both clinical, laboratory, and administrative VA staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 12:00pm - 8:30pm. Occasional weekend coverage and holiday rotations may be required.

Position Description/PD#: Health Technician/ PD13888A

Physical Requirements: The work requires much walking through the clinic, with occasional requirements to lift objects, computer work and operating office equipment. The positions require the ability to process written and electronic information. The work requires the ability to physically control or defend against emotionally distressed patients. The work requires above average agility and dexterity due to the fine skills of some of the point of care lab testing. The work may require heavy lifting of equipment or patients. The work environment involves risks typically associated with performance of laboratory work. Work involves regular and recurring exposure to moderate risks or discomforts that require special safety precautions. Environment may involve infectious diseases, contact with or disposal of body secretions, verbal and physical abuse from emotionally distraught individuals and/or working around equipment.