Microbiology Lab Assistant
Brockton, MAFull-time$20–24/hrPosted 2 days agoStill listed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Microbiology Lab Assistant processes incoming specimens, verifies requisitions and specimen labeling, prepares specimens for testing, and routes in-house and reference-lab samples. The role also coordinates redraw paperwork and shipment logistics for offsite laboratories. The posting lists a full-time Monday–Friday schedule with alternating weekends and notes that medical laboratory terminology is helpful.
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Full job description
Full Time: Monday-Friday 9:30am-5:30pm with alternating weekends Pay Range: $20.00-$24.00 Based on experience
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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Upon specimen arrival, properly marks the location of testing for each ordered test on the accompanying requisition.
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Ensures that the correct specimen was collected for each test ordered, and that the tube types submitted are written in the left margin of the requisition.
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Ensures that the patient’s full name, date/time of collection, and phlebotomist’s P number are filled in on the requisition, and that the specimen bar codes (with appropriate letter prefix) are placed on all patient specimens.
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Responsible for informing a facility, and filling out appropriate paperwork, if a redraw is needed due to:
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PT & PTT that are QNS
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missing or incorrectly spelled name on requisition or specimen
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mislabeled accession number and/or name
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specimen not received
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Properly centrifuges all appropriate specimens for correct times to ensure adequate serum or plasma for required testing.
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Packaging of coolers for shipment of specimens to offsite laboratories – weight of cooler ranging from 20 – 40 lbs
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Creating of air bills for flight shipment
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Communication through company email to offsite laboratories regarding summary of flight information
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Routes in-house specimens to correct lab benches for testing.
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Routes reference lab specimens, with a copy of the requisition, to the reference lab desk for inclusion into the TridentCare Sample Tracker.
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Proper Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) must be worn at all times to protect the processor from any infectious material.
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Performs other duties assigned
SKILLS|EXPERIENCE:
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High School Diploma or equivalent GED
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Ability to work under minimal supervision and independently
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Strong communication skills in writing, responding and speaking
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Ability to problem solve and research alternatives
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Knowledge of medical (laboratory) terminology helpful
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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How this job compares
Set against the 748 open Laboratory Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$20–24/hr
- US median$19–26/hr360 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $22/hr, is close to the US median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the middle half of Laboratory Assistant hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 18 open Laboratory Assistant jobs in Massachusetts and 748 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- HCA Healthcare66 open
- AdventHealth47 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 (249 postings).
- Education
- 13 of the 748 open Laboratory Assistant jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree 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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