Lab - Assistant Jobs

About Optima

Optima Medical is an Arizona-based medical group consisting of 13 locations and 60 medical providers, who care for more than 120,000 patients statewide. Our mission is to improve the quality of life throughout Arizona by helping communities “Live Better, Live Longer” through personalized healthcare, with a focus on preventing the nation’s top leading causes of death. We go beyond primary care with a full spectrum of services including cardiovascular health services, behavioral health, allergy testing and immunotherapy, in-house lab testing, imaging, chronic disease management and other specialty health services. We aspire to aid the growth of our company by welcoming the most qualified and deserving candidates aboard. Optima is currently seeking a Lab Assistant to join our team of healthcare professionals.

Job Responsibilities

• Performs miscellaneous support duties as defined by the department.
• Participates in detecting and documenting occurrences that deviate from defined procedures
• Tracks and locates missing specimens
• Demonstrates good verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the computer systems used in the laboratory
• Active in training and competency of laboratory personnel.
• Processes and prepares patient samples as required.
• Focuses on quality by ensuring that all work performed is accurate, complete and performed within the time frames defined by the department

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Basic computer skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous clinical laboratory experience.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Basic knowledge of specimen requirements and handling.
• Successful completion of a laboratory assistant program.
• Additional related education and/or experience.

Why join our team?

• Resources to further career
• Substantial growth opportunities
• Benefits (medical/vision/dental/401k/paid holidays)
• Supportive and positive work environment
• Leadership and mentoring
• Fun work environment (lunches, events, holiday parties)

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