Lab Central Processing Technician 1- Ref Lab- PT- 2nd Shift

Huntsville, ALOnsiteFull TimePosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

specimen processing
lab tests
standard operating procedures
keyboarding
patient identification
confidentiality
team setting
customer service
prioritizing
changing tasks frequently

Nice to have

Associates Degree
chemistry
biology
ASCP
AMT
40 wpm

Role summary

This Lab Central Processing Technician position is a part-time, 2nd shift role focused on providing technical support within a clinical laboratory. Responsibilities include receiving and processing requisitions and specimens, ordering lab tests according to SOPs, and entering data into the computer system. The role requires excellent communication, the ability to work in a fast-paced, customer-service-oriented environment with frequent task changes, and maintaining strict confidentiality of patient information. The position may require flexibility in end-of-shift times due to workload variations.

Overview

Provides technical support to the lab by receiving/processing requisitions/specimens and ordering specified lab tests according to standard operating procedures. Responds to phone requests and enters lab test data into computer.

Qualifications

Education: High School diploma or GED required.

Education preferred: Associates Degree with a minimum of 6 semester hours of chemistry and 6 semester hours of biology preferred.

License, certification and/or registration: MLA certification from a nationally recognized credentialing agency (i.e. ASCP or AMT) preferred

Experience: Previous work experience strongly preferred. Keyboarding experience, 40 wpm preferred.

Additional Skills/Abilities: Candidate must have excellent communication skills with the ability to work in a fast paced, customer service oriented environment, requiring prioritizing and changing tasks frequently and quickly. Must be able to maintain absolute confidentiality in the handling of patient information. Able to work in a high stress environment with little/no downtime. Must be able to work in a team setting and maintain absolute confidentiality in the handling of patient information. Absolute integrity and accuracy in patient identification process. Position may require flexibility related to the end of shift as shift end time may vary with workload.

About Us

Build your career with us

At Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children and Madison Hospital, you’ll find meaningful work, supportive teams and opportunities to grow within a locally governed, nonprofit health system committed to the communities we serve. Our workplace culture has earned national recognition, including Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care 2026 and Forbes’ America’s Best-in-State Employers 2025. Huntsville Hospital is the region’s primary referral center for advanced and specialty care, home to a specialized Orthopedic & Spine Tower, a Level III Regional Neonatal ICU and North Alabama’s Level I Trauma Center. Together, our three Madison County hospitals have 971 licensed beds and offer career opportunities across a wide range of specialties and care settings. Employees have access to continuing education, Shared Governance, Clinical Ladder, Nurse Residency, tuition assistance, child care, wellness resources, an on-site employee pharmacy and health clinic, and more. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a partner in the U.S. Army Partnership for Your Success (PaYS) Program.

Huntsville Hospital Benefits:

We are committed to providing competitive benefits. Our benefits package for eligible employees includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending; short term and long term disability; several retirement account options with 401K organization match; nurse residency program; tuition assistance; student loan reimbursement; On-site training and education opportunities; Employee Discounts to phone providers, local restaurants, tickets to shows, apartment application and much more!

Learn more about Huntsville Hospital Health System:

Careers: https://careers.hhsys.org/careers-home
Benefits: https://careers.hhsys.org/why-hh-health/benefits/benefits-at-huntsville-hospital/
Education & Professional Development: https://www.huntsvillehospital.org/education
Life In Huntsville: https://www.huntsvillehospital.org/about-huntsville-al

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