Microbiology Assistant-24 hrs-Days-6:30am-3:00pm

At Steward Health Care System, we are committed to improving the health of our communities by delivering exceptional, personalized behavioral health care with dignity, compassion and respect. Our continued focus on the patient experience informs our caregivers in how to provide care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient and family preferences, needs and values.

We dedicate ourselves in the communities we serve to delivering affordable health care to all and being responsible partners. No matter what your role, as a member of the Steward family, you are a specialist in the making every patient and family feel right at home, every co-worker a key to our success, and every referring practice, a team of prized colleagues.

In support of this, we commit ourselves to the following values:

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Excellence

Stewardship

The Microbiology Assistant performs a variety of duties to assist in the daily operation of the Laboratory. This job will include planting cultures and preparing slides for staining in the Microbiology section of the Laboratory, loading the blood culture analyzer and other laboratory tasks as appropriate

• Planting Microbiology specimens
• Preparing slides for Microbiology Staining
• Receiving Microbiology specimens in the LIS
• Collection of Blood, and disposal of Hazardous Waste
• Assisting in receiving area of Lab

Performs other duties as requested.

• Communication Skills
• Problem Solving Skill
• Organizational Skills
• Manual dexterity

Minimum Education:

• Medical Assistant training preferred.

Minimum Experience:

• Phlebotomy Experienced Required

Certifications / Licensure:

• None