Job Description Summary
The Clinical Laboratory Assistant performs a variety of tasks related to the pre analytical processing of biological specimens for testing performed in the clinical laboratory. Responsible for data entry of client demographic information, processing test orders and order review, reconciling specimen/order problems, assist with facilitating send out testing, ensure proper patient registration, paper requisition filing, supply management support, answers phones, ensuring proper labeling of samples and sample distribution. Serve as a primary resource for Specimen Receiving to address problems and identify resolutions and other duties as assigned.Entity
Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)Worker Type
EmployeeWorker Sub-Type
RegularCost Center
CC000494 CHS - Lab Central Receiving (Main)Pay Rate Type
HourlyPay Grade
Health-19Scheduled Weekly Hours
40Work Shift
Job Description
Performs a variety of tasks related to the pre analytical processing of biological specimens for testing performed in the clinical laboratory. Responsible for data entry of client demographic information, processing test orders and order review, reconciling specimen/order problems, assist with facilitating send out testing, ensure proper patient registration, paper requisition filing, supply management support, answers phones, ensuring proper labeling of samples and sample distribution. Serve as a primary resource for Specimen Receiving to address problems and identify resolutions and other duties as assigned.
Additional Job Description
Education: HS Diploma or GED equivalent required and a minimum of one year of health care setting experience; or certified as a Clinical Laboratory Assistant; or certified as a phlebotomist; or student enrolled in an accredited Bachelor of Science program in a science related major; or a Bachelor of Science degree; or enrolled in an accredited Clinical Laboratory Science program or Medical Laboratory Technician program. Previous customer service work experience required and a minimum of one (1) year of experience in an Anatomical or Clinical Pathology Laboratory required. Typing speed of corrected 45 wpm.
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MUSC Children’s Health is part of South Carolina's most comprehensive academic health care system, offering career options at our nationally ranked pediatric hospital, ambulatory surgical and specialty care center, children’s research institute and clinics and patient care sites. We provide the broadest range of advanced care devoted exclusively to the well-being of children.
Our nationally ranked pediatric hospital is located in downtown Charleston, while our primary, urgent, and specialty care clinics can be found throughout the Tri-County area. We proudly care for patients across South Carolina, the southeast region and beyond.
MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital (SJCH) consists of 250 beds and opened in February 2020 as a replacement facility for the MUSC Children’s Hospital, formerly on Ashley Avenue. MUSC SJCH provides the most advanced pediatric care possible in more than 27 specialty areas, in person or through a robust telehealth network, and includes:
The MUSC Pediatric & Congenital Heart Center ranked #4 in the country for the second year in a row by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals 2023-2024. The program functions through a nationally unique statewide collaboration of pediatric heart surgeons and cardiologists and is also annually recognized as providing exceptional care by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Public Reporting.
Housed within MUSC SJCH, the Pearl Tourville Women’s Pavilion (PTWP) seamlessly integrates children’s care and obstetrical services, thereby enhancing safety and improving outcomes in low and high-risk pregnancies. The Advanced Fetal Care Center ensures that families expecting babies with complex congenital birth defects or medical problems receive care from board-certified maternal-fetal medicine providers collaborating with a large multidisciplinary care team of pediatric specialists. The PTWP care is one of only a handful of women’s facilities in the country to offer couplet-care rooms, where newborns and mothers can recover together in an intensive-care setting.
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