Laboratory Associate III

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Laboratory Associate III

Quick overview

The Laboratory Associate III performs moderate and high complexity testing under general supervision, handling routine patient testing, quality control, equipment maintenance, and critical value notification. This role also involves proactively identifying sample integrity issues, supporting quality laboratory testing, and ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines.

Requirements summary

Candidates must possess a Master's or Doctorate degree, or a Bachelor's degree, in Chemistry, Physics, or Biology related sciences, including specific semester hours in chemistry and biology. A minimum of 3 years of laboratory testing experience is required for this nonexempt position.

bachelor degreepostgraduate degreeQuality ControlTroubleshootingDocumentationSchedulingTrainingEquipment MaintenanceSupply ManagementLaboratory TestingSpecimen CollectionRegulatory GuidelinesCompetency AssessmentTimekeepingProficiency TestingAccreditation SupportCritical Value NotificationSample Integrity

Job description

Laboratory Associate III Job Code

LA1652 ABOUT US We are welcoming a new era in healthcare where achieving good health is just the beginning. At UVA Health Northern VA & Culpeper, we believe in caring for the whole person by getting to know – and making connections with – our patients. By combining the talent and expertise of our people, the breadth of capabilities across our system, and our commitment to helping our communities get better and stay healthy, we are improving the patient experience. As a UVA Health Northern VA & Culpeper team member, you will have a voice in patient care decisions, support the most advanced medical technologies and feel a strong sense of satisfaction from making a difference in people’s lives every day.
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Classification:
Nonexempt
Supervises
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No
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SUMMARY: The Laboratory Associate III performs moderate and high complexity testing under the general supervision of the Laboratory Manager. This position performs routine patient testing, quality control testing, equipment maintenance and troubleshooting, critical value notification, proactively identifies sample integrity issues, and supports overall quality laboratory testing. Additionally, this role ensures quality control testing/results are within specifications and reviewed, supports team competency requirements, performs scheduling and timekeeping, maintains/supports regulatory guidelines to support accreditation, supply management, and outpatient experience. This role is outside normal career ladder progression and is a hired and posted position.
Laboratory
Associate
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Duties: Performs duties above and beyond Laboratory Associate II. Actively participate in continuous performance improvement activities. Participates in safety rounding and reporting within the clinical laboratories. In ambulatory setting, responsible for surveys, inventory management, quality control, troubleshooting, training, competency, new testing validations and implementations. Orient and train Laboratory Assistant Is and IIs, and other testing team members as assigned. Supports inventory management activities. Supports scheduling and timekeeping activities. Additional job duties as assigned.
Patient
Care: Shows a commitment to provide the highest level of patient care. Collects, labels, and prepares specimens for testing. Maintains required documentation for all lab procedures. Processes requisitions for testing. Prepares and distributes reports.