Laboratory Assistant II-Clinical Laboratory (STLH)-Benefited

Serving more than 200,000 patients annually, California Pacific Medical Center (located in beautiful San Francisco) provides a wide variety of services including: acute hospital care, a full range of post-acute care, home care and hospice services, outpatient medical care, and preventive, complementary, and educational services. The Medical Center also provides professional education and basic biomedical, clinical and behavioral research. Today, with its 1,254 licensed acute care beds and 25 residential beds, California Pacific Medical Center is one of the largest private, non-profit academic medical centers in California. Primary Purpose:

Under the general supervision of the facilitator and clinical laboratory scientists, the laboratory assistant performs laboratory procedures in phlebotomy, cytology, pathology, microbiology, and processing. These procedures exclude any that only licensed personnel under state licensure regulations perform.

High school diploma or equivalent equivalent required

Phlebotomy certificate and CA State certification is required

1 year of phlebotomy experience preferred

Must have working knowledge of medical terminology

Must have working knowledge of basic laboratory terminology

Working knowledge of test specimen handling is required

Must have basic knowledge to trouble shoot and investigate specimen problems

Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite is required

Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast paced, high volume laboratory, yet still maintaining the highest level of customer service and make the client feel at ease