Laboratory Assistant

Impact Lives, Impact Community

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is passionate about providing exceptional health care to all, especially underserved communities with limited health care options. Founded by a Latina grandmother/community advocate over 50 years ago in Barrio Logan, FHCSD has grown into one of the largest community health systems in the country. With over 90 sites, over 227,000 patients, and over 1.1 million healthcare visits last year, we provide a wide variety of health care and outreach services to a very diverse patient population. We are proud of our mission, our lasting community impact, and the cultural and individual diversity of our staff.

The Laboratory Assistant provides general assistance in the laboratory, including organizing specimens, reviewing and organizing documents/logs, distributing test results, and providing customer service.

Responsibilities:

• Approves and files reference laboratory test results.
• Completes all required documentation accurately, in a timely manner, and thoroughly in accordance with department standards; completes action logs, approves and files reference laboratory test results.
• Distributes test results to the POCT within the established timeframe.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Processes specimens as delivered by courier to be tested; organizes the specimens as needed.
• Provides general laboratory clerical support, including customer service answering phones, ordering supplies, data entry, and similar tasks.
• Reviews and reconciles lab reports, logs, and documents, which may include reviewing for Quality Control, reviewing test logs for pending work, and reconciliation of lab reports from in house and reference laboratory.

Requirements:

• 6 months of laboratory experience required.
• High school diploma or GED Equivalent required.
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the skills, knowledge and ability to perform the essential job duties, and which meets any required state or federal certification requirements.

Rewards:

• Job type: Regular Full-time. M-F 8am-5pm.
• Location: 823 Gateway Center Way San Diego, CA 92102.
• Competitive Salary with Excellent Benefits
• Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave and Paid Holidays
• Medical/Dental/Vision/FSA/Life Insurance
• Employee Discounts and Wellness Programs

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to community medicine and providing culturally competent care to the medically underserved.

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base range for this position, exclusive of fringe benefits.

If you are hired at Family Health Centers of San Diego, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, jurisdictional requirements, skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to these factors - we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is what we reasonably expect to pay for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package (more information on our benefits offerings is available here: FHCSD Wellness - Employee Hub (gobenefits.net)