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Location: Carbondale, IL
Shift: Days (Weekends as Needed)
Time Type: Full-Time
Facility/Clinic Name: Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Position Summary
- Responsible for collecting, processing, and performing testing of patient specimens.
Principal Accountabilities
- Standards of Performance: Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Collaboration, Stewardship, Accountability, Quality
Education
- Bachelor’s degree (or Associates Degree for grandfathered personnel)
Licenses and Certification
- N/A
Experience and Skills
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Technical Experience: 1 year in a lab setting preferred.
Physical Activities
- Intermittent hand manipulation required
- Intermittent lifting and carrying of 50 pounds
Role Specific Responsibilities
- Supports and communicates Laboratory initiatives and philosophies.
- Perform routine waived, moderately, and high complex testing.
- Collects, Processes and Receives specimens (including blood, urine, fecal, body fluid) to be analyzed in all departments of the clinical laboratory (listed above).
- Evaluates and solves problems related to collection and processing of biological specimens of analysis of all age ranges.
- Prepare samples for testing and send out to reference laboratories
- Maintain laboratory equipment and stock supplies.
- Performs complex laboratory procedures; recognizes deviation from expected results; analyzes and corrects problems using scientific principles under direct supervision per CLIA requirements.
- Analyzes quality control data, makes judgments concerning results and takes appropriate action to maintain accuracy and precision.
- Assist in troubleshooting and instrument maintenance.
- Participate in training programs.
- Participate in accreditation activities.
Compensation (Commensurate with experience):
$26.62To
$41.26To access our Benefits Guide/Plan Information, please click the link below:
http://www.sih.net/careers/benefits
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree (Associates degree accepted for grandfathered personnel)
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Technical experience in a laboratory setting (1 year preferred)
- Ability to intermittently lift and carry up to 50 pounds
- Ability to perform waived, moderately, and high-complexity laboratory testing per CLIA
What We Do
Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) is a not-for-profit health system serving the southernmost counties of Illinois with four hospitals, a comprehensive cancer center, Level II Trauma Center and more than 30 outpatient and specialty practices. Based in Carbondale, Ill., SIH is the region’s largest private employer with 4,000 employees and the largest provider of charity care and community benefits.
