Laboratory Assistant (Casual/PRN)

Nemours Children's Health is seeking a Laboratory Assistant (Casual/PRN), to join our team in Wilmington, Delaware.

Schedule:  PRN (M-F, 7:00am-3:30pm for training. After training, 8-hour shifts on weekends, days and evenings are possible depending on availability).

Perform duties associated with incoming/outgoing department communications as well as processing inpatient, E.R., outpatient specimens, and reference lab requests. Assists tech staff, pathologists, and Director of Laboratory in various tasks.

• Possess thorough knowledge of laboratory specimen collection and processing procedures, shipping, TATs, and specialty testing.
• Performs any of following tasks to prepare specimens for laboratory testing.
• Receives incoming specimens and requisition forms, inspects items for completeness, correctness of information, and condition of specimens.
• Pours specimen fluid from primary tube into test tubes to create the required number of test samples.
• Enters required patient and customer data, testing codes, and billing information into computer system, using computer keyboard or bar code reading equipment.
• Prints bar code labels, using bar code printer, and attaches bar code labels to samples and requisition forms.
• Centrifuges or performs other tasks to prepare specimens for testing.
• Distributes all specimens to appropriate department for laboratory testing and assists with the locating of specimens for “add-on” testing. 
• Completes requisition forms and packages and forwards specimens to outside laboratories for tests unavailable on site.
• Reviews all specimens, documents, and computer files and notifies designated staff of errors.
• Credits and appropriately notifies hospital staff (i.e., nurse, ordering provider) of referred tests that could not be performed.
• Answer telephone and provide information to customers.
• Performs clerical duties including but not limited to faxing, filing, and result/report delivery via fax or mail. 
• Performance of a variety of analytical procedures of low to moderate complexity, using manual and automated methods, and through a variety of clinical laboratory methodologies. Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• High School Diploma required.
• Minimum of three (3) to six (6) months experience required.  For Medical laboratory Scientist (MLS) students - clinical rotation within an accredited MLS Program will be considered relevant experience.
• Possess thorough knowledge of laboratory specimen collection and processing procedures, shipping, Turnaround times, and specialty testing.

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Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. duPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.