Laboratory Assistant - Pediatrics
Great Part-Time Opportunity – We train you!
Our laboratory assistants are a vital part of collaborative clinical teams committed to caring for the community and each other. Knowledge and experience are important components when applying to medical/nursing school. At Pediatric Associates of Austin, you have the opportunity to learn as you work alongside a dedicated team of doctors, advanced practice providers and nurses.
JOB SUMMARY
The Laboratory Assistant, under general supervision, performs various patient care services to include some delegated medical procedures.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLE
- Performing strep, flu, rapid COVID, & RSV tests
- Swabbing patients for various illnesses
- Setting up strep cultures
- Performing bilirubin and urinalysis tests
- On-the-job phlebotomy training to do venipunctures on patients for lipid panels or other blood tests
- Follow the laboratory's procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting, and maintaining records of patient results.
- Maintain records which demonstrate that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens.
- Adhere to the laboratory's quality control policies and documenting all QC activities, instrument and procedural calibrations, and instrument maintenance.
SHIFTS
Morning Shift: 7:45AM - 12:30PM
Afternoon Shift: 1:00PM - 5:30PM
Evening Shift: 6:00PM - 10:30PM
Weekend Commitment: One or two weekends per month on either Saturday & Sunday mornings between 8:15AM - 1:15PM OR Friday & Saturday evenings between 6:00PM - 10:30PM.
Prior to scheduling an interview, please submit your resume, including a cover letter, as well as your summer and fall class schedule.
If successful in your role as a laboratory assistant, a professional letter of recommendation will be provided to you to submit with your medical/nursing school applications upon request.