Laboratory Assistant I or II - Full-time

p style="text-align:left"span class="emphasis"Current Employees: /span/pp style="text-align:left"bIf you are a current employee, please apply via the internal career site by logging into your /ba target="_blank" href="https://www.myworkday.com/monumenthealth/login.htmld"Workday Account/ab and clicking the #34;Career#34; icon on your homepage./b/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bPrimary Location/b/pSpearfish, SD USAp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bDepartment/b/pSPH Laboratoryp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bScheduled Weekly Hours/b/p40p style="text-align:inherit"/pbr /p style="text-align:inherit"/pStarting Pay Rate Range $17.25 - $21.50p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pLaboratory Assistant I $17.25-$19.83, Laboratory Assistant II $18.71-$21.50, Sr Laboratory Assistant $18.71-$21.50p/pp(Determined by the knowledge, skills, and experience of the applicant.)/pp/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bJob Summary/b/pIt starts with heart. That is what you will do each day. As a Laboratory Assistant at Monument Health, you can begin your healthcare career with no experience necessary. You will be valued as an essential team member providing compassionate patient focused care. You will discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, mutual respect, and— most importantly— a life-changing career. You will make a difference. Every day. brbrAs a Laboratory Assistant, you will be responsible for demonstrating a commitment to patient/family experience, quality, safety, and financial stewardship. You will promote a safe working environment and support the department by performing venipuncture and capillary punctures using the most appropriate phlebotomy device and properly collect and process specimens for testing. brbrOur vision at Monument Health is to be one team, to listen, to be inclusive, and to show we care. To do the right thing. Every time. If you share this philosophy, we hope you’ll join us.p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bJob Description/b/ppbEssential Functions:/b/pulliEstablishes a cooperative working relationship with all caregivers, physicians, and leaders by promoting professionalism, compassion, and communication./liliWill be punctual and ready to fulfill the duties of the assigned shift./liliObtains blood specimens accurately and quickly using proper technique with attention to performing AIDET, patient identification, patient care, safety, and infection control practices./liliRestocks supplies./liliReceives and processes samples delivered to the lab. Stores samples appropriately./liliTracks add-on and extra samples, stores and discards specimens. Performs daily hold over logs and resolves sample problems./liliDemonstrates knowledge of and performs a variety of clerical and computer functions to ensure smooth operation of the department./liliDistributes specimens to the appropriate delivery point in each laboratory department./liliAnswers the telephone in assigned sections./liliInvolved in departmental and system wide quality improvement initiatives as requested./liliAll other duties as assigned./li/ulp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bAdditional Requirements/b/ppbRequired:/b/ppEducation - High School Diploma/GED Equivalent in General Studies/pp/ppbPreferred:/b/ppspanEducation - NAACLS phlebotomy program/span/ppspanCertification - Phlebotomy Blood Technician (PBT) - American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) - National Phlebotomy Solutions or Phlebotomy Certification from accredited University or accredited training professionals or /spanspanMedical Laboratory Assistant (MLA)- American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or /spanspanCertified Medical Laboratory Assistant (CMLA)/spanspan - American Medical Technologists (AMT)/span/ppExperience - 1#43; years in Clinical Laboratory and/or Healthcare Experience/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pPhysical Requirements:brMedium work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bJob Category/b/pDiagnosticsp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bJob Family/b/pLaboratoryp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bShift/b/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bEmployee Type/b/pRegularp style="text-align:inherit"/pbr /p style="text-align:inherit"/p62 Monument Health Spearfish Hospitalp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bMake a difference/b.  iEvery day./i/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"spanspanbspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspan class="WJO2"Monument Health is/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span an Equal spanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspan class="WJO2"Opportunity/Affirmative/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status./b/span/span/p