Lab Assistant

Lab Assistant

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

The Laboratory Assistant is responsible for assisting with the technical and clerical aspects of the laboratory department, such as managing collection, acceptance, receipt and processing of all specimens into the laboratory department(s). The Laboratory Assistant will complete computerized registration of patient samples using laboratory information system (LIS), performs waived testing, as trained. Assists technical staff by organizing and preparing samples for testing, such as centrifugation, preparation of smears for staining, and placing samples on analyzers for testing that do not require programming. Responsible for contacting external facilities to report stat and critical results, as well as completing basic quality control steps (i.e. Sterility testing, new lot qualification). The Laboratory Assistant's position may include direct supervision of students at the discretion of the area supervisor. The Lab Assistant position requires the same licensure or completed training to satisfy the requirements of the discipline of the student. Assists in the technical and clerical aspects of the laboratory department.

Grand Strand Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1978, giving patients access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. With more than 40 years of pioneering healthcare, our 300+ bed hospital is one of the regions leading acute care facilities. We offer a range of services for our patients - including the only cardiac surgery program, neurosurgery program, pediatric intensive care unit, Level I trauma center with two free-standing emergency departments, advanced wound care center, breast cancer center and Carolina Forest Imaging Center. We are recognized, for the chest pain, knee and hip replacement, sepsis and stroke by the Joint Commission.

At Grand Strand Health, you’ll find that caring extends to our patients, our people and our South Carolina community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Lab Assistant opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.