The Mail Out department is a high volume area which prepares patient samples to ship to external reference laboratories.
This position interacts with a multitude of staff throughout the institution and requires daily interaction with the physicians for test utilization review. Test utilization review is examining orders to determine the most cost effective and direct approach for patient diagnosis. Through test utilization review department expenses have decreased by over two million dollars for the last few years. Staff hired for the Mail Out section are trained on the job and DOT/IATA certified shipment training is a component of the training. This position is perfect for the individual who multi-tasks well and like to remain active and busy throughout the shift. Additional aspects of this area are receiving patient results and scanning documents into the patient record along will billing for the testing performed.