JOB SUMMARY

Under close supervision at the trainee level (Lab Assistant I) and general supervision at the working levels (Laboratory Assistant II and III), procures blood specimens, (inpatient and outpatient), processes specimens, performs and processes EKG's, and assists licensed laboratory staff or physician/nursing staff by performing a variety of technical and support duties including outpatient registration of patients or drop-off specimens. . Laboratory Assistant I’s are expected to progress to the Laboratory Assistant II level after no less than six months and no more than one year of satisfactory on-the-job experience. Laboratory Assistant II is distinguished from the Lab Assistant III level in that incumbents of the latter are CPT II certified by the State of California to perform arterial blood gas drawing. Laboratory Assistant III’s are also always competent to perform duties in either the dispatch or specimen processing sections of the Lab, or...