Specimen Processing Technician Certificate Program

Start your healthcare career in just 10 weeks at Griffin’s Specimen Processing Technician Certificate program. Healthcare organizations are continuing to expand their reliance on diagnostic services, and demand for trained laboratory support professionals remains strong.

This flexible hybrid program combines the convenience of online learning with valuable hands-on experience. You’ll complete self-paced online instruction, along with 30 hours of clinical training through an in-person skills labs, held twice per week for 1 ½ hour sessions This gives you the opportunity to practice the techniques you’ll use on the job, building your experience that employers are looking for.

Specimen Processing Technicians are essential members of a diagnostic laboratory team, responsible for receiving, identifying, labeling, preparing, and routing patient specimens for testing.

With opportunities in hospitals, physician practices, reference laboratories, and outpatient clinics, Specimen Processing Technicians serve as a vital link between patient care areas and the laboratory. Certified graduates can support high growth, highly rewarding, and highly specialized testing departments such as Hematology, Chemistry, Microbiology, and Blood Banks.

For individuals seeking a fast entry into healthcare, specimen processing offers a rewarding career path with opportunities across a wide range of healthcare settings and a positive job outlook as laboratory testing needs continue to grow.