**Job Description:** Functions as part of a dynamic and engaging laboratory team in a professional setting. This caregiver is an experienced Laboratory Assistant who may act as a Team Lead or Primary Trainer and serves as a resource to other caregivers, clinicians, and patients. The Laboratory Assistant III may be responsible for heading special projects, to include research, continuous improvement, and product evaluations. This position spends a significant amount of time performing laboratory testing where allowed by regulatory agencies. Caregivers in this role will gain valuable experience and knowledge to help prepare them for workplace and career advancement. The Laboratory Assistant III (LA III) is an experienced Lab Assistant, with advanced knowledge of specimen processing, phlebotomy, and laboratory testing in the clinical and/or pathology areas of the lab. **Job Specifics:** + Benefits Eligible: No + Shift Details: Variable + Department/Unit: Microbiology ​ **Essential Functions** + Advanced knowledge of Electronic Medical Record and/or Laboratory Information System to place orders, receive specimens, route specimens, track specimens, store specimens, label specimens using the appropriate policy and procedure, and query test results. This may also include researching and resolving problems. + Maintains competency and performs waived and/or moderately complex diagnostic testing in areas such as Chemistry, Hematology, Coagulation, Urinalysis, Microbiology, and Molecular Diagnostics. This may also include instrument maintenance, quality control, and result troubleshooting. + Provides clerical, administrative, and customer service support to the department. Answers phones and provides information to nursing floor and physicians, office staff, couriers and patients. Dispatch of couriers, as required. + Compassionately communicates procedures and instructions with patients, family members, and other caregivers and demonstrates empathy during every interaction. The LA III may be responsible for deescalating stressful situations calmly and respectfully. + Monitors and maintains supply inventory. May track usage and place orders. + Responsible for training and orientation of new caregivers. + Assists in schedule management, daily caregiver assignments, and shift coverage. + Leads process improvement initiatives within the laboratory. May assist in improvement efforts outside of the laboratory. **Skills** + Computer Literacy + Technical Writing + Communication + Patient Care + Laboratory Operations + Regulatory Requirements + Laboratory Testing Procedures + Performance Improvement **Minimum Qualifications** + High School Diploma or equivalent is required. + Demonstrated prior experience in clinical or pathology lab assistant role. **Preferred Qualifications** + Experience teaching Laboratory testing concepts to others. + Customer service experience. Laboratory testing experience. + ASCP Lab Assistant Certification **Physical Requirements:** + Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies. + Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations. + Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc. + Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. + Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.) + May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time. + For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles. **Location:** St. Marys Regional Hospital **Work City:** Grand Junction **Work State:** Colorado **Scheduled Weekly Hours:** 0 The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $19.87 - $28.31 We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/benefits) . Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. At Intermountain Health, we use the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience. HiredScore helps match your skills and experiences to the best jobs for you. 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