Location: Alabaster, AL

Days: Monday - Friday

Hours: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Full-time: Benefit Eligible

In this role, you will:

• Receives, verifies, logs, and collects patient requisitions and specimens for technical testing.
• Opens and inspects all specimens to assure an accurate specimen count.
• Verifies patient requisitions for completeness of patient, client, and insurance information.
• Prepares and sorts patient requisitions, and identifies and interprets data to be entered into the information system.
• Follows proper procedures with specimen rejection, if patient, client, and insurance information is submitted incorrectly on source.
• Enters alphabetic, numeric, or symbolic data from patient requisitions, face sheets, or photocopy of patients' insurance card, into the information system following format displayed on screen. May enter:
• Client information (group name, referring physician, copy to physician, address, and phone and fax number)
• Patient's demographics (patient name, address, phone number, date of birth, social security number, gender, medical record number, and electronic medical record number)
• Clinical history (past/present medical conditions, specifics of medical diagnosis or tests, treatment plans, family history, type of service, services received, dates of service, and provider of service)
• Specimen gross description (size, shape, type of specimen, and gross code)
• Billing type (client, patient, insurance, no charge)
• Patient insurance information (insurance code, carrier name, policy number, group number, and address of insurance carrier)
• Reviews data entered with source documents and/or error reports and enters necessary corrections into the information system.
• May label requisitions, specimen containers, cassettes and/or slides and affixes coverslip to slides.
• Routes patient requisitions after entry.

• HS Diploma or equivalent.
• State licensure, if applicable.
• 1 year of practical laboratory experience preferred.