Hospital Lab Assistant

Hospital Lab Assistant

Job Functions, Duties, Responsibilities and Position Qualifications:

Position: Laboratory Assistant Hospital

Position Summary: Responsible for support functions in the hospital pathology laboratory to include receipt and data entry of Histology laboratory specimens, ensuring specimen integrity by adhering to laboratory procedures. Assist PAs, pathologists, and physicians with technical procedures. Serves as a resource for specimen and testing information. Prepares laboratory specimens for designated departments/locations prior to laboratory analysis. Identify, process, and resolve problem specimens. Adheres to all company and departmental policies and procedures. Other tasks as assigned.

Principle Responsibilities:

• Typical:
  • Assist with frozen sections and intraoperative consultations
  • Assist with radiology based biopsy and FNA procedures.
  • Tissue specimen storage and disposal management
  • Histology Support functions to include record management
  • Referral test preparation and management of materials
  • Prepares solutions and reagents
  • Performs routine staining procedures
  • Cover slips and routes slides and protocols to pathologists
  • Manage block and slide storage, short term and long term
  • Performs and documents scheduled preventative maintenance
  • Demonstrates efficiency by performing procedures rapidly and determining priority
  • Maintains records and documentation required to manage the daily workflow and provide QC/QAmonitors
  • Understands and follows ALL safety and OSHA guidelines
  • Communicates with laboratory staff and its clients to ensure quality patient care
  • Maintains and supports a service oriented relationship with customers
  • Effectively utilizes departmental resources
  • Demonstrates ability to utilize laboratory IT systems
  • Utilizes appropriate supplies with minimal waste
  • Utilizes unstructured time constructively

• Utilizes personal and professional skills to promote client relations

• Must have the capability of flexing schedule to accommodate workload
• Weekend rotations required
• Communicates with laboratory staff and its clients to ensure quality patient care
• Strives to maintain a positive work environment
• Maintains and supports a service oriented relationship with its customers.
• Demonstrates interpersonal skills required to successfully perform as a team member in a constantly changing environment
• Respects and maintains the confidentiality of information relative to clients and patients
• Enthusiastically performs miscellaneous duties with completion in a designated time frame

Scope: Promotes quality client/patient relations and creates supportive climate by serving as a role model for behavior. Respects and maintains the confidentiality of information relative to the laboratory. Adheres to all laboratory and hospital policies, procedures, and regulations. Works with minimal direction, consults with supervisors, manager, and pathologists as needed. Operates general and technical laboratory equipment, including but not limited to: telephones and computers, cryostats, cassette printers, staining set-up. Must be proficient in Excel and Word. Effectively communicates via written, verbal, face-to-face, telephone and computer methods.

This role will have routine access to Protected Health Information (PHI). Employees will be trained on reasonable safeguards and are expected to maintain strict confidentiality, as well as abide by all applicable privacy and security standards. Employees are expected only to access PHI when it is required to fulfill job duties.

Education: High school diploma or equivalent

Experience:

Preferred Experience in a high volume Histology or hospital laboratory environment

Skills: Ability to communicate effectively at all levels within the laboratory and with laboratory clients. Ability to multi-task. Ability to work independently to complete all assigned tasks. Must have excellent communication, phone, and computer skills.

Physical Requirements: Requires light to medium lifting and carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds. Requires manipulation of tools, objects, and equipment using the following physical motions: pushing, pulling, lifting, reaching above shoulder height, grasping with both hands, pinching with thumb and forefinger, twisting with hand and wrist, climbing under, lifting up, lifting down, and reaching under. Routinely requires coordination of two or more physical operations. Routinely requires visual discrimination of color, size, shape, and motility. Requires the ability to hear audible alarms on temperature monitored equipment and automated analyzers.

Environmental Demands: Works in temperature controlled environment with constant exposure to biological and chemical hazards. May be required to operate fire and safety equipment or follow other safety procedures in an emergency situation. May be required to work with time constraints and in crisis situations.

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Sonic Healthcare USA is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to an inclusive workplace for all employees. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.