Employment Type:Full timeShift:Day ShiftDescription:Mercy Medical Center Lab Springfield, MAYou will review requisitions for completeness, enter data into CRT terminal, label specimens, centrifuges and aliquots specimens. Complete reports and documents to maintain quality control and answers telephones, taking and relaying messages.PostingWhat you will do:
Processes laboratory requisitions by accurately reviewing requisitions for completeness, ensuring appropriate signatures have been obtained, and entering patient data, test requested, requesting physician information, and billing information into the computer.
Labels specimens, centrifuges and aliquots when it is required for the specimen.
Call STAT results as necessary and answers telephones and provides routine approved information to physicians, nursing personnel and other staff regarding specimen requirements, test results, and so forth, and relays other calls as necessary.
Position Hours:
40 hours, day shifts, weekend & holiday rotations
Minimum Qualifications:
High school diploma or GED
Knowledge of medical terminology, medical necessity, ICD-9 coding, specimen processing preferred. Medical or Lab Assistant certificate preferred.
Work requires the analytical ability and communication skills
Top Reasons to Work at Trinity Health of New England:
Become a valued member of an excellent, dedicated health care team
Engaged leadership
Growth opportunities
Generous shift differentials
Ministry/Facility Information:Mercy Medical Center has established itself as one of the leading providers of health care services in Western Massachusetts. Mercy Medical Center is a 182-bed acute care hospital in Springfield. Other facilities include Mercy's Rehabilitation Hospital, a comprehensive hospital-based rehabilitation center on the campus of Mercy Medical Center and Brightside for Families and Children, an outpatient service offering counseling and family support programs.Our Commitment to Diversity and InclusionTrinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.Our Commitment to Diversity and InclusionTrinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.EOE including disability/veteran