Lead, Laboratory Technical Assistant - Clinical Laboratories
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Job posting number: #7293475 (Ref:10028018)
Posted: November 8, 2024
Salary / Pay Rate: $26.16 - $39.23 / hour
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Laboratory Technical Assistant Lead - Clinical Laboratories
Join the transformative team atCity of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
This full-time position supports the Clinical Laboratories departments with contracts and works under the general direction of the Department of Pathology/Laboratory Director, performing duties delegated under CLIA Sect. 493.1445(a).
Key responsibilities include receiving, processing, routing, and storing specimens from all hospital areas. The role provides high-level support across various tasks in the laboratory specimen processing area, leads and orients new employees, and is responsible for designing and implementing training programs. Additionally, the position includes providing in-service for new workflows as needed and collaborating with the Clinical Pathology team to meet department objectives.
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Maintain contracts in accordance with compliance standards
- Monitor, retrieve, and accurately route specimens, following protocols for Automation Line Operations and manual specimen handling. Troubleshoots the automation line with Clinical Laboratory Scientists.
- Process electronic orders into LIS and HIS systems, troubleshoot specimen discrepancies, and communicate with providers to clarify test orders.
- Ensure proper specimen handling, including centrifuging, aliquoting, transporting, and preparing specimens for shipment according to protocol.
- Contribute to team productivity by adapting to workload changes and cooperating to achieve department goals, correcting errors as needed.
- Train new employees, oversee LTA workflows, audit processes, and collaborate with departments to ensure accurate test codes and charges.
- Adhere to safety protocols, comply with regulatory requirements (CAP, CALOSHA), and participate in quality improvement activities.
Your qualifications should include:
- High School Diploma. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Four years of related experience in a laboratory setting required.
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, please click here.
To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.
Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $26.16 - $39.23 / hour
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.
