Health Technician

Job Title

Health Technician

Major Duties

The duties include:

• Specimen Receipt and Processing - Receives and prepares requests for testing and specimens into the clinical laboratory and verifies the accuracy and completeness of the request.
• Reference Laboratory Specimen Processing - Receives all specimens that are sent to commercial reference laboratories for testing. Processes all reference laboratory specimens according to strict guidelines to assure specimen integrity. Maintains a record of all specimens submitted to the reference laboratories by printing accessioning forms and shipping manifests. Orders supplies provided by the commercial reference including specimen containers, test requisitions, and computer supplies.
• Community Based Outpatient Clinics Test Ordering Review - Serves as the primary contact person between Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the CBOC. Reviews the shipping manifests form each CBOC on the next working day to ensure all specimens listed on the shopping manifest are accounted for. Accesses the orders for each patient in VISTA and verifies that the types of test accessioned by the staff the previous day match the test ordered by the CBOC on the shipping manifest. Monitors pending tests until the computer indicates that the tests are completed. Maintains a file of the shipping manifests for each CBOC.
• Patient Care Testing Duties - Responsible for performing a limited amount of patient testing which includes but is not limited to urine pregnancy testing, and sed rates. Responsible for Microbiology set-ups to include plating and accessing of microbiology samples from the floor and also from the CBOC. Performs established quality control procedures to check the accuracy and validity of the test results. Accurately records and reports the test results in the VISTA computer system.
• Collecting and Processing employee drug screens - Performs employee drug screen by the DHHS split specimen collection method and will maintain the change of custody for that sample.
• Phlebotomy Duties - The incumbent draws blood from outpatients for requested laboratory test.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 10:00am-6:30pm

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health Technician / PD08501A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized