Anatomical Assistant, Morgue, Per Diem

UMass Memorial Health•Worcester, MA

4d•$23 - $41•Onsite

About The Position

Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day. Responsible for receiving and accessioning anatomic pathology specimens and performing other routine technical procedures and general laboratory maintenance. Responsible for performance of hospital autopsies and daily morgue maintenance.

Requirements

High school graduate
3 years’ experience in a laboratory or related discipline; or a combination of relevant course work and work experience.
Basic knowledge of human anatomy and medical terminology.
Ability to lift/move bodies with assistance of mechanical lift.
Basic computer skills.
Strong communication skills.

Nice To Haves

1 year of undergraduate course work in the biological, forensic sciences, mortuary science, or other medical certification program.
Experience in a hospital pathology lab, morgue or funeral home.

Responsibilities

Receives specimens from couriers, read manifests to verify appropriate count.
Goes to O.R. or certain clinics if deemed necessary to pick up specimens.
Logs and assigns accession numbers to specimens and requisitions that are received.
Print tissue cassettes for each specimen received.
Fill out a log for which specimens are received and how many cassettes are made.
Triages specimens to "large side" and "small side" accordingly.
Answer telephone and troubleshoot registration, specimen and labeling problems.
Disposes biohazardous waste materials, maintains chemical waste storage areas.
Puts specimens away each morning in a clean organized fashion.
Assists Pathologists'/Residents in finding stored specimens.
Maintain temperature charts for cold room, refrigerators and freezers.
Stocks, cleans and maintains grossing stations, and frozen section areas.
Changes stains regularly.
Cleans and weekly defrosts cryostats.
Monitors inventory levels, orders, purchases and stores equipment and supplies in a neat and orderly manner.
Performs autopsy functions including transfer of decedent to autopsy suite, eviseration of organs, and preparing body for transfer to funeral home.
Works closely with Patient Registration in coordination and review of autopsy consent.
Coordinates autopsy performance with pathology residents.
Cleans and maintains autopsy suite, morgue and equipment.
Rotating weekend and holiday on call.
Responsible for inventory and organization of the pathology departments teaching specimens.
Sets up and disassembles teaching conferences at UMass Medical School for pathology faculty.
Performs weekly morgue inspection for Decedent Affairs Coordinator.