Clinical Lab Assistant - Specimen Processing, Patient Services - 2nd shift - Bayfront Hospital - St Pete

Position Summary

Overview:Title: Laboratory Assistant IISite: Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital

Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Shift: 2nd / Mid 

Schedule: Full-time, 40-hour work week, 2 schedule options available

• 5 day schedule: 2pm-10:30pm (14:00 to 22:30), 8-hour shifts 5 days/week, rotating weekends. 
• 4 10s: 2pm-12:30am (14:00 to 00:30), 10-hour shift 4 days/week, rotating weekends.

Job Summary:

The Laboratory Assistant performs specimen receiving and processing duties, registers patients, enters orders in the computer system, centrifuge specimens, labels and aliquot samples, delivers to test site, stores samples, slides, blocks, etc.This is a clinical patient-facing role involving patient support, registration, and specimen collection and processing. 

About the organization:Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital is a comprehensive tertiary care facility that has been serving St. Petersburg and the surrounding communities for more than 100 years. It is a 480-bed teaching medical center with nationally recognized care across emergency medicine, cardiology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, women’s services, and advanced surgical specialties. The hospital’s Level II Trauma Center is the only adult trauma center in Pinellas County and, in partnership with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, is one of Florida’s 13 state-certified Level III Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Centers. A commitment to quality has earned the hospital recognition with a USA Today Top Workplaces award for 2025 and an “A” Hospital Safety Grade for Spring 2025 from The Leapfrog Group.Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida’s east to west coasts. As part of the Orlando Health system, Bayfront combines the resources of a leading regional healthcare network with the personalized, community‑focused care that has defined the hospital for generations.Why Orlando Health is your best place to work:

✔ Education & Career Growth Assistance ✔ Comprehensive Health & Wellness coverage and resources  ✔ Financial & Retirement Planning with Company Match ✔ Excellent Company Culture and Work–Life Balance ✔ Family & Pet Support

..and more!Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin your benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible, so that you can be present for your passions.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Provides support in the areas of patient registration, third party reimbursement requirements and regulations.
• Maintains department supplies and customer supply orders.
• Demonstrates knowledge of specimen collection and handling requirements.
• Performs all departmental functions and has a thorough knowledge of hospital and laboratory information systems, to include downtime functions, specimen processing, transportation, billing, reference testing and scheduling.
• Maintains positive customer service relationships at all times and proactively responds to customer service issues.
• Processes pathology specimens as appropriate.
• Trains staff as required.
• Ability to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the department.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work cooperatively with all team members and respond to customer phone calls.
• Assist in maintaining and cleaning of laboratory equipment, i.e., refrigerators, centrifuges.
• Follows the established policies and procedures to meet regulatory and accrediting agency requirements.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Other Related Functions:

• Responsible for maintaining an active role in the laboratory Quality Improvement Program.
• Maximizes productivity, customer satisfaction and profitability.
• Documents specimen quality issues.
• Adheres to infection control and safety practices and keeps a clean and organized work area.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient record, hospital and departmental matters at all times.
• Performs filing of reports and requisitions.
• Assists with charting and report distribution via telephone, fax, or as appropriate.
• Reads and understands a Physician's laboratory test order.
• Schedules Pathologists, Histotechnicians or Transportation Reps as needed.
• Assists with bone marrow collection and processing.
• May perform phlebotomy as necessary (must have approved competency on file before completing).

Qualifications

Education/Training

• High School Diploma or GED equivalency

Licensure/Certification

• Phlebotomy certification a plus

Experience

• Two (2) years of laboratory experience or patient care experience in a patient-facing healthcare environment required.
  • Current student seeking higher educational degree or certification in a science field, such as nursing, medical technology, pre-med, or related clinical field may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience.
• Phlebotomy experience highly desired.