LAB ASSISTANT III
QUINCY, ILJob$17.46–23.56/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Lab Assistant III performs clinical and clerical work related to collecting, receiving, labeling, and preparing specimens for diagnostic testing. The role includes identifying patients, confirming provider orders, educating patients about specimen collection, and answering questions about testing. It may also involve phlebotomy at various locations within the Blessing Health System.
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Full job description
PAY RATE: $17.46 - $23.56 BASED ON RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
COMPETITIVE BENEFITS Click here (https://www.blessinghealth.org/benefits) to review our complete Total Rewards Guide.
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Retirement + matching
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Up to 4 weeks paid time off in first year
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Onsite childcare - Quincy
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24/7 Wellness Center access
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Educational assistance opportunities
JOB SUMMARY
This position is responsible for the clinical and clerical responsibilities related to quality specimen collection of various types (blood, urine, etc.) need to perform diagnostic testing and appropriately get results back to ordering providers, all while delivering an exceptional customer service experience for all lab patients. Lab Assistant will ensure specimen is appropriately received and prepared for processing.
Individual is responsible for providing optimal customer service, assisting with any physical challenges related to patient needs, including drawing blood, educating patients on proper specimen collection (for specimens such as urine, stool, etc.), appropriately receiving, labeling, and preparing specimen. Serve as resource to patients to answer any questions about testing needs, or specimen collection
Individual will appropriately identify patient using demographics and ensure appropriate order is obtain from provider, to ensure accuracy and timeliness of test results to ordering provider.
Position may be responsible for performing phlebotomy at a variety of locations within the Blessing Health System
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Training/Experience:
REQUIRED:
- High school diploma or equivalent
PREFERRED:
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Computer experience preferred
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Previous patient care experience
PAY STATUS
- Non-exempt hourly
EEO Statement: Blessing Health System provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Blessing Health System complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Blessing Health System expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Blessing Health System's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
How this job compares
Set against the 730 open Laboratory Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$17.46–23.56/hr
- US median$19–26/hr359 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $20.51/hr, is 7% below the US median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the middle half of Laboratory Assistant hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 13 open Laboratory Assistant jobs in Illinois and 730 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- HCA Healthcare60 open
- AdventHealth45 open
- Quest Diagnostics Inc30 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 (241 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 470 of the 730 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 4, 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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