Medical Lab Assistant - BHP Lab Requisition ID 2024-52591 Category Allied Health Overview The Clinical Medical Laboratory Assistant is responsible for providing clerical and patient care support, especially regarding specimen collection and specimen processing. This position may perform any of the following: patient registration, specimen accessioning, specimen collection (including venipuncture, capillary, sweat chloride, and miscellaneous other collections), ensuring specimen preparation and processing is completed, and waived laboratory testing. Schedule: Contingent, as needed Location: Behavioral Health Pavilion 444 Butterfly Gardens Drive Columbus, Ohio 43215 United States Why Nationwide Children's Hospital? The moment you walk through our doors, you feel it. When you meet our patient families, you believe it. And when you talk with anyone who works here, you want to be part of it. Welcome to Nationwide Children's Hospital, Where Passion Meets Purpose. Here, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are integrated into our core values and practices. We are passionate about building, sustaining and evolving an inclusive and equitable environment. We are seeking individuals who live these values and want to share their experiences and efforts in support of our collective mission. We're 14,000 strong. And it takes every one of us to improve the lives of the kids we care for, and the kids around the world we'll never meet. Kids who live healthier, fuller lives because of the knowledge we share. We know it takes a Collaborative Culture to deliver on our promise to provide the very best, innovative care and to foster new discoveries, made possible by the most groundbreaking research. Anywhere. Ask anyone with a Nationwide Children's badge what they do for a living. They'll tell you it's More Than a Job. It's a calling. It's a chance to use and grow your talent to make an impact that truly matters. Because here, we exist simply to help children everywhere. Nationwide Children's Hospital. A Place to Be Proud. Responsibilities Completes technical tasks such as specimen accessioning, specimen preparation, and processing, and specimen delivery and storage. May include phlebotomy and other specimen collection. Performs clerical tasks and specimen accessioning in accordance with testing protocols and criteria. Maintains laboratory operations by performing equipment maintenance, quality control, and preventive maintenance. Performs waived laboratory testing, documents patient reports, quality control, maintenance, and troubleshooting appropriately. Demonstrates knowledge of and upholds applicable laws and regulations related to position and laboratory operations. Documents daily, weekly, and monthly tasks on assigned work area task lists. Delivers service excellence and quality patient care through adjusting communication styles to adapt to various cultural differences, addressing client concerns by researching problems and identifying resolutions, using basic troubleshooting skills, and efficiently handling interruptions and functions with changing environments or circumstances. Provides feedback that is useful and assists in individual improvement. Actively engages in and supports efforts to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect and inclusiveness. Participates in continuing education programs. Qualifications Education Requirement: High school diploma or equivalent, required. Certifications: * American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification, preferred. * CPR certification preferred for applicable positions. Skills: * Technical skills, organizational skills, ability to multitask, attention to detail, and computer experience required. <