Medical Laboratory Assistant

Location: Oncology Consultants - Corpus Christi Hiring Range: $16.00 - $30.21

Position Summary

Healthcare professionals responsible for laboratory testing, quality control, phlebotomy, instrument maintenance and troubleshooting. Perform manual and automated routine blood tests. Prepare specimens for microscope examination. Operate laboratory equipment including centrifuges, hematology analyzers, and point of care analyzers.

Key Performance Areas

KPA 1 – Specimen collection and testing

• Collect and analyze body fluids such as urine and blood.
• Perform proper quality control procedures before proceeding with patient testing.
• Perform routine clinical laboratory tests.
• Perform technical laboratory procedures with accuracy and precision, meeting the standard of all accreditation/regulatory agencies.
• Ensure adherence to correct testing policies, procedures, and quality assurance.

KPA 2 – Equipment maintenance and supplies

• Set up, calibrate, and maintain laboratory equipment to ensure efficient performance
• Maintain cleanliness of the laboratory.
• Maintain adequate inventory of laboratory supplies.
• Place order with purchasing as needed

KPA 3 – Compliance

• Comply with established safety guidelines.
• Comply with all Federal and State laws and regulations pertaining to patient care, patient’s rights, safety, billing, and collections.
• Adhere to all Company and departmental policies and procedures, including Disaster Recovery Plan and IT policies and procedures.
• Complete all duties required to keep laboratory in compliance with state and federal regulatory agencies.
• Must be able to perform compliance testing.
• Comply with protecting patient privacy.

KPA 4 – Documentation

• Maintain all logs as required.
• Initiate troubleshooting procedures when instrument malfunction occurs and contact instrument service company, if necessary.
• Submit monthly paperwork to consultant.

KPA 5 –Other duties

• Performs other duties and projects are assigned.

Position Qualifications/Requirements

Education

High School education, required

Previous Experience

Minimum of two years’ experience in a lab setting, required

Core Capabilities

• Analysis & Critical Thinking: Critical thinking skills including solid problem solving, analysis, decision-making, planning, time management and organizational skills.
• Must be detailed oriented with the ability to exercise independent judgment.

Interpersonal Effectiveness

• Developed interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, diplomacy, tact, conflict management, delegation skills, and diversity awareness.
• Ability to work effectively with sensitive and confidential material and sometimes emotionally charged matters.

Communication Skills

• Effective communication skills (oral, written, presentation), is an active listener, and effectively provides balanced feedback.

Customer Service & Organizational Awareness

• Strong customer focus. Ability to build an engaging culture of quality, performance effectiveness and operational excellence through best practices, strong business and political acumen, collaboration and partnerships, as well as a positive employee, physician and community relations.

Self-Management

• Effectively manages own time, conflicting priorities, self, stress, and professional development.
• Self-motivated and self-starter with ability work independently with limited supervision.
• Ability to work remotely effectively as required.
• Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, multi-site environment with demonstrated ability to juggle competing priorities and demands from a variety of stakeholders and sites.

Computer Skills

Proficiency in MS Office Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook required.

Laboratory information system

Laboratory instrumentation Certifications/Licenses

National lab certification preferred

Travel

Less than 25%

Remote

No

Standard Work Days/Hours

Monday to Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.

American Oncology Network

AON is an alliance of physicians and veteran healthcare leaders dedicated to ensuring the long-term success and viability of oncology diagnosis and treatment in community-based settings.

It is the fastest growing national network of community oncology practices delivering local access to exceptional cancer care.

AON serves its expanding network of partner practices by providing proven practice management expertise.

Our employees across the country work together to empower physicians to make cancer care better.

By driving integrated, collaborative care, we are proudly helping community oncologists deliver the highest quality care to every patient.

Cancer touches everyone.

Being able to make a difference in the lives of those fighting this disease is something our employees at AON cherish and never take for granted.

A career in oncology offers all sorts of rewards.

But working at AON offers employees more than most.

As a fast-growing national company, the opportunity to join a national workforce with flexible work options is available.

We offer competitive compensation packages that include comprehensive health insurance with a robust provider network.

Our 401k, which offers a 100% match and investment options, is available to full-time and part-time staff members, and we feature a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) program.

At AON, we offer you more than a job, we offer you a career.

As a network of independent oncology practices working together as one, we host annual summits each year, providing our employees a chance to collaborate with AON peers from across the country.

Promoting from within is a priority at AON, and we support our team members continued growth through professional development programs and tuition assistance.