A Senior Lab Assistant position at Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, TN, US. The position requires a high school diploma or equivalent, basic computer skills, medical terminology, registration and phlebotomy skills. The employee will be responsible for various tasks such as collecting and handling specimens, registering patients, and performing administrative duties.
Requirements
- Assists in the orientation and training of new and existing employees.
- Responsible for care, maintenance, trouble-shooting and notification of the Manager when equipment is in need of repair or replacement.
- Responsible for maintaining proper inventory of supplies by monitoring and ordering supplies through the Matkon system as needed.
- Responsible for the daily quality review of written physician’s orders to detect errors in test orders, diagnosis, physician’s name, insurance coverage, etc. and timely correction of errors.
- At times collects co-payments/deposits, generates receipts to the payer, and reconciles cash/credit card transactions on a daily basis.
- Is responsible for the generation, verification, submission and posting of contract billing.
- Assists in the implementation and evaluation of new projects including the development of policies and procedures.
- Transcribes reference Lab results.
- Responsible for checking and follow-up of incomplete reference Lab reports.
- Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards.
- Completes required education assignments annually.
- Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
