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What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in the Lab Express position?

To excel as a Lab Express (Laboratory Courier), you need a valid driver's license, familiarity with safe specimen handling protocols, and a strong attention to detail. Experience with barcode scanning devices, specimen tracking software, and adherence to regulatory guidelines such as OSHA and HIPAA is often required. Excellent time management, reliability, and good communication skills help build trust and ensure efficient collaboration with lab staff and medical offices. These abilities are essential for timely, secure specimen delivery and maintaining the integrity of laboratory processes.

What does a Lab Express do?

As a Lab Express employee, your main responsibilities involve safely transporting laboratory specimens, samples, and medical supplies between collection sites and laboratories. You will ensure that all items are properly labeled, documented, and stored according to protocols to maintain sample integrity during transit. Coordination with laboratory staff, healthcare providers, and occasionally patients is common to resolve logistical questions or urgent delivery needs. The role often requires meeting strict delivery schedules and adhering to all safety and confidentiality regulations, making attention to detail and dependability essential.

What is a Lab Express?

A Lab Express job typically involves transporting medical specimens, lab supplies, and test results between healthcare facilities, laboratories, and hospitals. This role may require driving a designated route, ensuring timely and secure deliveries, and following proper handling procedures to maintain specimen integrity. Lab Express employees often work for medical courier services, hospital labs, or diagnostic companies. Strong attention to detail, reliability, and knowledge of safety protocols are essential for success in this role.

What cities in Alabama are hiring for Lab Express jobs? Cities in Alabama with the most Lab Express job openings:
Infographic showing various Lab Express job openings in Alabama as of July 2026, with employment types broken down into 76% Full Time, and 24% Part Time. Highlights an 100% In-person job distribution.

Environmental Services (EVS) Specialist - Housekeeper | Regional Medical Center

DCH Health System

Tuscaloosa, AL

$13 - $16.75/hr

Full-time

Posted 2 days ago

New


DCH Health System rating

7.0

Company rating: 7.0 out of 10

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Job description

Overview

Cleans and services building areas and patient care areas as assigned according to established procedures and schedule assignment.

Responsibilities
  • Daily cleans assigned areas following 8 step cleaning procedure or other procedures as appropriate.Performs tasks such as; cleaning of occupied and discharged patient rooms, washing walls, doors/ door frames, ceilings, patient room furnishings, windows and if required refinish and burnish floors.
  • Dust \ damp mop \ vacuum floor areas as applicable, vacuums carpets, spot-cleans carpet, collect waste from all areas of hospital, routinely clean waste receptacles, clean compactor area, collect soiled linen and distribute clean linen, move furniture within facility, arrange furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion after cleaning assigned area.
  • Requests cleaning supplies and equipment as needed and returns unused supplies to housekeeping closet, cleans carts and equipment and ensures all items are replaced in orderly manner.
  • Operates various types of cleaning equipment both mechanical and electrical, i.e. buffers, wringers, scrubbers, vacuums.
  • Reports all broken furniture or equipment repair needs immediately to supervisors - daily
  • Cleans and services building areas as assigned (including medication storage areas) according to established procedures and schedule assignment.
  • Maintains secured access to designated medication storage areas when assigned to work in those areas and alerts nursing/clinical supervisor immediately if medications are discovered in any unlocked, unsupervised area.
  • Provides training for new hires and others to the units
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    DCH Standards:

    • Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
    • Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook.
    • Must adhere to the DCH Behavioral Standards including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
    • Performs essential job functions in a manner that ensures the safety of patients, visitors and employees.
    • Identifies and reduces unsafe practices that may result in harm to patients, visitors and employees.
    • Recognizes and takes appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards to promote safety for patients, visitors and employees.
    • Requires use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software and intranet.
    • Must adhere to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.
    • All other duties as assigned.
    Qualifications

    High School diploma or GED is preferred. Ability to follow/understand verbal communications and written procedures required and to verbally communicate with others. Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.

    WORKING CONDITIONS

    WORK CONTEXT & PHYSICAL FACTORS

    Light work - lifting 20 lbs. occasionally, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 to 20 lbs.  Requires walking, standing, climbing ladders, pushing, and pulling.  Manual dexterity; ability to move the hand easily and skillfully. Balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, handling, feeling, talking, hearing, and seeing.  Includes exposure to human body fluids, disease, infection, lab chemicals and hazard material. Requires wearing common protective or safety equipment.  Must be able to speak clearly and have the ability to reason and express ideas to groups of people. Physical presence onsite is essential. Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range. Able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires the job descriptions to document physical factors, including ability, activities and requirements.

    Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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