The Specimen Technician is responsible for the data entry of test orders, processing, and preparing laboratory specimens for analysis. They also manage the pickup and delivery of specimens while identifying and resolving issues related to specimen types.
Requirements overview
Candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent. While no prior experience is required, previous experience in a production or medical environment is preferred.
Key skills
Data entrySpecimen processingCentrifugationAliquotingLaboratory proceduresOrganization skillsAttention to detailProblem solvingLaboratory safetySpecimen handling
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Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve health care management. Quest annually serves one in three adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our 47,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives.
The company offers physicians the broadest test menu (3,000+ tests), is a pioneer in developing innovative new tests, is the leader in cancer diagnostics, provides anatomic pathology (AP) services, & interpretive consultation through its medical & scientific staff of about 900 M.D.s & Ph.D.s.
Quest Diagnostics offers the most extensive clinical testing network in the U.S., with laboratories in most major metropolitan areas, & in Mexico, the UK & India. The company also operates four esoteric laboratories, 40 outpatient AP laboratories, & 160 smaller, rapid-response laboratories.
Patients may have specimens collected in any of the company’s approximately 2,250 patient service centers. On a typical workday, testing is performed for about 550,000 patients.
The company is the leading provider of pre-employment drugs-of-abuse screening for employers & risk assessment services for the life insurance industry. It is the world’s 2nd largest provider of clinical trials testing for new pharmaceuticals.
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Specimen Technician I - West Hills, CA, Days will vary, 10:00 PM to 6:30 AM
Do you have strong organization skills and attention to detail? Are you looking
to join a Fortune 500 company leading the world in providing diagnostic
information services to kick start your career? Quest Diagnostics is recruiting
for specimen processors/ lab assistants to join our team!
Pay range: $20.01 - $22.95 / hour; employee may be eligible to receive shift
differential of 10% for some or all hours worked on second shift and 15% for
some or all hours worked on third shift. Additional details on shift
differential will be provided if an offer is extended.
Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills,
training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications obtained.
Market and organizational factors are also considered. Successful candidates may
be eligible to receive annual performance bonus compensation.
Benefits information:
We are proud to offer best-in-class benefits and programs to support employees
and their families in living healthy, happy lives. Our pay and benefit plans
have been designed to promote employee health in all respects – physical,
financial, and developmental. Depending on whether it is a part-time or
full-time position, some of the benefits offered may include:
* Day 1 Medical, supplemental health, dental & vision for FT employees who work
30+ hours
* Best-in-class well-being programs
* Annual, no-cost health assessment program Blueprint for Wellness®
* healthyMINDS mental health program
* Vacation and Health/Flex Time
* 6 Holidays plus 1 "MyDay" off
* FinFit financial coaching and services
* 401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth IRA with company match up to 5% after 12 months of
service
* Employee stock purchase plan
* Life and disability insurance, plus buy-up option
* Flexible Spending Accounts
* Annual incentive plans
* Matching gifts program
* Education assistance through MyQuest for Education
* Career advancement opportunities
* and so much more!
RESPONSIBILITIES
Job Responsibilities:
* Data entry of test orders, presort, pickup and delivery of processed
specimens to the laboratory, centrifugation and aliquoting
* Process specimens to be sent out to additional facilities
* Prepare laboratory specimens for various analysis and testing
* Identifies problems and in some cases, may resolve issues with specimen types
such as missing information etc.
* Understands the relationship between tests ordered and specimen received
QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications:
* HS diploma or equivalent
* No experience required
* Previous experience in a production or medical environment preferred
* Must have flexibility, majority of work on the nightshift, but based on
staffing needs weekends, holidays, on call and overtime may be required
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for
Employment in accordance with the following laws if applicable, the Los Angeles
County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance
Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and
the California Fair Chance Act.
Quest believes that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative
relationship to the following job duties: accessing company property,
information, assets, and products including sensitive information; accessing
customer data or confidential information, and partnering and regularly working
with or supervising other Quest employees and interacting with Quest customers.
Quest Diagnostics honors our service members and encourages veterans to apply.
While we appreciate and value our staffing partners, we do not accept
unsolicited resumes from agencies. Quest will not be responsible for paying
agency fees for any individual as to whom an agency has sent an unsolicited
resume.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender
Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets or any other legally protected
status.