Lab Technical Assistant Lead
Cumming, GAFull-timePosted 5 days agoStill listed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Lab Technical Assistant Lead assigns duties and tasks to Laboratory Technical Assistants. The role may also perform specimen collection and processing for patients across age groups, and assists with laboratory data collection systems and equipment to support accurate ordering, cancellations, and account charges.
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Overview
Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.
Responsibilities
Responsible for the assignment of all duties and tasks performed by the Laboratory Technical Assistant. As necessary, performs specimen collection and processing for neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. Assists in handling laboratory data collection systems and equipment to ensure proper ordering, cancellations and charges for all accounts.
Qualifications
REQUIRED:1. High school diploma or equivalent, PLUS; a. Six (6) months clinical training in an approved phlebotomy training program, OR b. Two (2) years experience in specimen collections, specimen processing and specimen requisitioning for a clinical laboratory or health care delivery system or, c. Hold at least a two (2) year degree in chemical, physical, or biological science or a health related specialty. 2. Ability to work both independently and as part of a team. 3. Ability to understand and apply accurate procedures in specimen handling and clerical processing. 4. Must have sufficient feeling in fingers and visual ability to locate patients' blood vessels. 5. Ability to communicate effectively, and must possess good written and oral communication skills. 6. Color vision acuity is required to safely perform the duties of this position. 7. All applicants must submit to and pass a Color-Acuity screening Test. PREFERRED:1. Ability to use and understand medical laboratory terminology. 2. Demonstrated knowledge of computer systems and design. 3. Demonstrated public relations skills and service delivery training.
Work Hours: 6a-2:30p Weekend Requirements: Yes
How this job compares
Set against the 742 open Laboratory Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$53–57K/yr21 salary ranges
- US median$19–26/hr356 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 22 open Laboratory Assistant jobs in Georgia and 742 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Georgia
- Northside Hospital (this employer)5 open
- State of Georgia5 open
- Kaiser Permanente4 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 (233 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 482 of the 742 open Laboratory Assistant jobs (65%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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