Lab Assistant
Suffern, NYFull-time$29.93/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Lab Assistant supports laboratory operations by handling specimens, preparing samples for reference labs, and responding to questions about specimen problems. The role requires knowledge of laboratory practices, specimen integrity and stability, regulatory requirements, and accreditation standards, along with the ability to operate centrifuges and perform venous and capillary blood collection. A high-school diploma or equivalent is required; certification may substitute for experience.
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Lab Assistant
Company: Good Samaritan Hospital
City/State: Suffern, NY
Category: Allied Health Prof/Technical
Department: Lab
Union: YES
Union Name: 1199 - UHCWE
Position: Full Time
Hours: 9a-7p
Shift: Days
Req #: 13298
Posted Date: Nov 11, 2026
Hiring Range: $29.93
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*If you are hired by WMCHealth, your final base salary will be determined based on job-related factors, including employment status (full-time, part-time or per diem), relevant skills, qualifications and experience. Consistent with our commitment to pay equity, we also consider internal equity among similarly situated employees when determining final compensation.
Job Details:
The Lab Assistant has knowledge of laboratory practices, specimen integrity & stability, federal and state requirements for laboratory operations, and applicable accreditation standards. Ability to operate laboratory centrifuges, perform a variety of blood collection techniques including venous and capillary collections.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Receives specimens, place orders, add test, delete test, spin down, separate and distribute specimens to the proper departments.
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Prepares specimen to send to reference labs.
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Answers telephone calls from unit Nurses, Internal/External Physicians, and their concerns regarding specimen problems.
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Complete all duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:
Experience: 1 years of phlebotomy experience preferred.
Education: High-school diploma or equivalent. Bachelor degree in Business or IT related field preferred.
Licenses / Certifications:
NHA, ASCP, or equivalent certification in lieu of experience required.
Other:
If applicable, the individual performing this job may reasonably anticipate coming into contact with human blood and other potentially infectious materials. Individuals in this position are required to exercise universal precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn the policies concerning infection control.
About Us:
Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY, is a 286-bed hospital providing emergency, medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological and acute-care services to residents of Rockland and southern Orange counties in New York; and northern Bergen County, NJ. The hospital is home to a recognized cardiovascular program, comprehensive cancer-treatment services, the area’s leading Wound and Hyperbaric Institute and outstanding maternal/child services that includes a Children’s Diagnostic Center. Good Samaritan Hospital also provides social, psychiatric and substance-abuse services and its certified home-care agency supports residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond.
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How this job compares
Set against the 748 open Laboratory Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$29.93/hr
- New York median$20–24/hr50 hourly ranges
- US median$19–26/hr369 hourly ranges
This rate, $29.93/hr, is 39% above the New York median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the top quarter of Laboratory Assistant hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 65 open Laboratory Assistant jobs in New York and 748 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- NYU Langone Medical Center9 open
- SUNY Upstate Medical University9 open
- WMCHealth (this employer)5 open
- Experience
- Laboratory Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (228 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 477 of the 748 open Laboratory Assistant jobs (64%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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