Specimen Management Coordinator
Omaha, NEJob$20.86–29.46/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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Job overview
The Specimen Management Coordinator manages patient specimens from collection through testing, overseeing receipt, processing, storage, and dispatch. The role supports workflow and staff training, performs phlebotomy, troubleshoots specimen orders and processing, and monitors send-out processing and pending lists. It also serves as a liaison among collection sites, laboratories, and clinical staff while supporting specimen integrity, patient safety, and regulatory compliance.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Specimen Management Coordinator, you will precisely and efficiently manage patient specimens from collection to testing. Your oversight ensures specimen integrity, accurate diagnostics, patient safety, and regulatory compliance.
Every day you will oversee specimen flow (receipt, processing, storage, dispatch) adhering to protocols. You will troubleshoot, manage supplies/documentation, train staff on handling, ensure compliance, and participate in quality improvement. You'll serve as a liaison between collection sites, labs, and clinical staff.
To be successful, you will demonstrate meticulous attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and comprehensive specimen management knowledge. Problem-solving, excellent communication, and an unwavering commitment to accuracy, safety, and compliance are essential.
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Monitors department workflow, assists the supervisor and team to balance the department workload.
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Practices positive patient identification at all times, with all samples.
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Performs phlebotomy, follows all applicable procedures.
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Responsible for troubleshooting, reconciling, and making appropriate decisions regarding specimen ordering and processing.
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Assists with staff training under the direction of the supervisor.
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Monitors send out processing and pending lists, and resolve overdue results.
Job Requirements
Required
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High school Diploma or GED upon hire
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3 years phlebotomy experience
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Basic Life Support - CPR through approved organization, within 90 days of hire
Where You'll Work
CHI Health Lakeside is West Omaha's only full-service hospital. We believe that patient-focused care heals the body, mind, and spirit of every person. Our campus is designed for patients and sets the tone for a comfortable, less stressful hospital stay. As one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the world, we provide a full range of services including: maternity, cancer and surgery care as well as diagnostics and emergency services.
Pay Range
$20.86 - $29.46 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 438 open Phlebotomy jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$20.86–29.46/hr
- US median$20–26/hr207 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $25.16/hr, is 7% above the US median midpoint ($23/hr) — in the middle half of Phlebotomy hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 438 open Phlebotomy jobs across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Labcorp22 open
- AdventHealth20 open
- HCA Healthcare20 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Phlebotomy postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (176 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 311 of the 438 open Phlebotomy jobs (71%) 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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