Lab Support Technician II, Central Processing, 24hr, Nights

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Exemption Status : Non-Exempt

Hiring Range : $20.00 - $39.34

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidates experience skills qualifications and internal equity considerations .

Schedule Details :

Friday Holidays - Every Other Holiday Weekends - Every Other Weekend

Scheduled Hours : 11p-7a

Shift :

3 - Night Shift 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours : 24

Cost Center :

10020 - 3212 Central Processing

Union :

UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers)

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients community and each other. And everyone in their own unique way plays an important part every day.

Performs a variety of routine procedures with the collection receiving and / or processing of laboratory requisitions and specimens the performance of technical procedures involving technical and data entry duties.

Major Responsibilities :

General :

• Receives specimens from couriers and checks manifests to verify appropriate count.
• Logs and assigns accession numbers to specimens and requisitions received.
• Sorts and triages requisitions and specimens to appropriate workstation; completes and files manifests.
• Answers telephones and communicates pertinent information. Send specimens and carriers to various sites using pneumatic tube or dumbwaiter. Performs minor troubleshooting of pneumatic tube through computer.
• Registers patients for a variety of laboratory procedures including sweat testing and specimen collection.
• Processes specimens including centrifugation pour-off aliquoting labeling.
• Performs a variety of routine duties to assist in laboratory processes such as preparing reagents and stains preparing slides and specimens disposal of biohazardous waste collecting occasional specimens from outreach patients at Biotech I etc.
• Performs assigned duties to ensure an adequate inventory of supplies for assigned area. Monitors inventory levels and stores equipment and supplies in a neat and orderly manner.
• May place orders for supplies when needed.
• Maintains accurate records of processes performed using manual and computer-based systems. Communicates with lead or supervisory personnel regarding unusual problems.
• Complies with all laboratory quality health and safety policies regulations and requirements and with established departmental policies procedures and objectives.
• Attends variety of meetings conferences seminars as required or directed.
• Performs other similar and related laboratory duties in assigned area as required or directed for which he or she has documented competencies.

Lab Registration :

Arterial Blood Gases :

Cytogenetics :

Microbiology :

Send Outs :

Position Qualifications :

License / Certification / Education :

Required :

Experience / Skills :

Required :

Preferred :

Unless certification licensure or registration is required an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.

Were striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are : Acknowledge Listen Communicate Be Responsive Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability gender identity and expression protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Part-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 20 - 39