Lab Assistant Central Process

Overview

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds 48 licensed critical care beds 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center the Lauren Small Childrens Center including the areas only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Family Care Center a Level II NICU the Sarvanand Heart and Brain Center with Kern Countys first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children's Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality compassionate care since 1956. Click here to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.

Responsibilities

// --> --> // --> // -->

Position Summary:

Under the direction of the Supervisor is responsible for receiving and processing specimens. May assume duties of a Lab Assistant.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• CA Phlebotomy Technician 1 and BLS required.
• Two years acute care hospital experience in phlebotomy and specimen accessioning.
• Education level necessary to obtain required licensure and certifications.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology.
• General typing/computer skills.
• Detailed oriented Self-starter.
• Must have good attendance and no disciplinary issues.
• Must have the ability to work well with others.

Preferred skills:

• CA Phlebotomy Technician 2 preferred

Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.

This position is represented by SEIU United Healthcare Workers.