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Duke University Job Description: |
Job Title: MEDICAL LABORATORY CLERK |
Job Code: 0441 |
FLSA: N |
Job Level: 04 |
Revised Date: 01/05/1998 |
Job Family: JF 07 |
Perform routine clerical and general non-technical laboratory duties in a Duke University medical laboratory.
Perform routine clerical and general non-technical laboratory duties in a Duke University medical laboratory to include sorting and filing laboratory requisitions, calculating charges and reporting laboratory results to appropriate medical personnel.
Check incoming specimens for proper identification and sufficient quantity; record patient's name, ward and laboratory tests to be performed; attach laboratory identification number to samples and place samples in centrifuge for separation or sort on counter for technicians.
Verify laboratory test reports and check calculations for accuracy; return errors to technician for test re-run.
Give test results by phone when requested; call in results for surgery or recovery room patients; type results into Medi-Data terminal. Record daily totals of procedures performed; prepare reports of total procedures and income reports.
Maintain files of laboratory requisitions, charge slips, and other laboratory records.
Open, sort and route incoming mail and prepare outgoing mail.
Type requisitions for supplies placing orders both inside and outside the University.
Answer telephone; greet patients and other personnel upon arrival in laboratory.
Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified.
| Education/Training: | Work requires knowledge of basic clerical and communication principles generally acquired through a high school education. |
| Experience: | Work requires six months of experience in a related position to become familiar with routine clerical and general non-technical laboratory duties. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE |
| Skills: | N/A |
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
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