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Job TitleLaboratory Assistant
LocationPort St Lucie
FacilityTradition Hospital
DepartmentMMC Lab-Cleveland Clinic Martin Health
Job Code000296
ShiftNights
Schedule8:00pm-4:00am
Job Summary
Job Details
Join Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital’s team of caregivers that provide top-quality patient care to the Port St. Lucie area. Opening its doors in 2013 and expanding in 2017, this state-of-the-art acute care facility has 177 patient rooms and offers a wide variety of services to meet community needs. Here, you will be supported as you follow your dreams and find where you belong, here at Tradition Hospital.
In the Laboratories at Cleveland Clinic, you will find breakthroughs that transform medicine and propel careers. As a member of our Laboratory team, you will perform the diagnostic and consultative services that are the foundation for our world-class care. Whether operating complex testing equipment or performing mundane, everyday tasks, your work will help us execute more than 20 million tests each year, allowing us to serve more patients than ever before. This role supports a team dedicated to quality. Laboratory Assistants are utilized to the top of our ability while remaining conscious of our accreditation requirements. In this role you will process samples, perform waived laboratory testing, and direct the workflow within the lab.
A caregiver in this role works nights from 9:00 p.m. – 4:00 a.m.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Perform various laboratory procedures.
Assist with receiving, identifying, accessioning, processing, transporting and storing specimens.
Operate laboratory equipment and perform routine instrument maintenance, troubleshooting and minor repairs.
Perform quality assurance activities.
Maintain adequate stock of supplies and manage the inventory by transporting and distributing supplies.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
High School Diploma or GED
Completion of three months of on-the-job training to learn department laboratory procedures, instrumentation and Cleveland Clinic policies
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Previous experience working in a laboratory setting
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Physical Requirements:
Requires manual dexterity and visual acuity when handling specimens and utilizing instrumentation.
Ability to safely handle potentially infectious patient specimens, carcinogenic substances, odorous and other hazardous materials to which they may be exposed.
Requires frequent sitting or standing.
Personal Protective Equipment:
Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.
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