Support Service Specialist

Support Service SpecialistAs the Support Service Specialist, you will be asked to support both Pre-Analytical and Analytical areas of the laboratory to ensure seamless operation for quality patient care.Greets patients and pleasantly introduces oneself and confirms identification utilizing the two LGH patient identifiers (name and date of birth).Perform registration, test ordering and expedition of samples throughout the laboratory.Maintain competence and ensure insurance eligibility is completed at every encounter.Maintain standing orders/test orders from physician offices within the regulatory timeframe.Educate patients with instructions for urinalysis collection, scheduling a cortrosyn stimulation test, glucose tolerance test, and semen analysis.Oversee inventory management of laboratory supplies in-house and for outreach sites.Process, package, and ship specimens to be sent to the reference laboratory.Competent to work in the Microbiology lab as a specimen planter.Keeps Laboratory Management informed of any unusual concerns, situations, or conditions relative to staff, patients, and physicians.Required:High School GraduateComputer skills and medical terminologyPreferred:Associate or bachelor's degree in a related science fieldExperienced in a hospital or related setting. Merrimack Health