St. Joseph Medical Center

Microbiology Assistant-Eves-2:30p-1:00am

Posted on: 2 Jan 2021

Brockton, MA

Job Description

Location: Good Samaritan Medical Center

Posted Date: 12/29/2020

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

If you are seeking a fast-paced, challenging position in an organization committed to achieving and maintaining a standard of excellence in all we do, our organization may be a good fit for you.

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
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Minimum Education:

* Medical Assistant training preferred.

Minimum Experience:

* Phlebotomy Experienced Required

Certifications / Licensure:

* None

St. Joseph Medical Center

Houston, TX

Welcome to St. Joseph Medical Center (SJMC), Houston’s first and only downtown hospital. We have over 500 board certified physicians on our medical staff and more than 1,500 highly skilled and dedicated employees who stand ready to provide compassionate healthcare to the communities we serve.

Whether it’s for a scheduled surgery, the birth of a baby, an unexpected emergency, or an outpatient visit, we have staff available around the clock to provide you access to immediate, quality healthcare. SJMC has been providing healthcare services to Greater Houston residents for over 130 years, which should give you great comfort in knowing that we have a great tradition of caring for our community. We strive to meet our patients’ expectations and encourage our patients to provide us with feedback on how we can help them have the best experience possible while they’re in our care.

Over the years we have expanded our services to include the Advanced Wound Care Center, the Center for Behavioral Health, Comprehensive Cardiac and Vascular Services, the Women’s Center for Breast Care, the St. Joseph Maternal Fetal Medicine Center, and a Weight Loss Surgery Program, just to name a few. As you work with our physicians, nurses, case managers, educators, and other staff, you will be guided through your healthcare journey, from diagnosis to treatment, with compassion every step of the way.

As Houston’s first hospital, St. Joseph Medical Center partners with physicians to create a healthy environment of caring and dignity for patients, families, and employees. Focused on the latest technology and peer collaboration, we provide high value, high-quality care in an atmosphere of our spiritual traditions. We will remain the medical center that caregivers commit to, physicians prefer and patients recommend.

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