Specimen Accessioner

Job Description

Job Description

SUMMARY: Perform various routine laboratory functions in a precise and accurate fashion to assist the laboratory professional staff and to facilitate production.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty to a satisfactory standard. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Tracking, Sorting, and Receiving specimens in the department.

• Follows CLIA, HIPPA, OSHA and safety guidelines.

• Performs laboratory tasks of accessioning samples, record keeping for specimen and specimen exceptions, scanning documentation, specimen storage, and specimen retrieval.

• Use of inventory software for supply counts, receiving, stocking, and organizing inventory.

• Preparing specimens at workstations for testing.

• Decontaminates work areas while keeping and maintaining all toxicology sections have been cleaned and organized.

• Uses the laboratory computer system as well as operates PCs.

• Follows all PPE requirements and all safety regulations.

• Able to handle, for processing, human specimens such as oral and urine samples.

• Special projects and other duties as assigned by the supervisor. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities, but rather a general description of the work performed by this position.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (Reviewed and adjusted annually)

1. Decision-Making.

2. Critical Thinking.

3. Communication Skills.

4. Business Negotiation.

5. Conflict Management.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty to a satisfactory standard. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.

• Demonstrates a basic understanding of how Specimen Processing impacts the testing laboratory.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment with deadlines, time constraints, and able to communicate effectively.

• Strong team player, works well with staff and peers.

• Ability to reason through situations and make sound decisions.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

• This is a full-time position, Monday-Friday

• Additional evening and weekend hours may be required from time to time to accommodate training or business needs.

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

2. Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

3. Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

4. Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. Acts in the best interest of the organization.

5. Collaboration - Working effectively and cooperatively with others; establishing and maintaining good working relationships which encourage the free exchange of ideas.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by any employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen.

The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

DISCLAIMER AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, or to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.