Clinical Laboratory Assistant - part-time
About The Position
Roswell Park Care Network is seeking a part-time Clinical Laboratory Assistant for its growing Community Pathology Team in Depew. The position is scheduled four days per week, Tuesday through Friday, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Training will be provided. The Clinical Laboratory Assistant processes requests and receives clinical testing material within the Pathology Laboratory; accessions, processes, and routes material to the appropriate testing area; and transcribes or scans relevant clinical information into pathology cases. The role handles laboratory report and specimen-tracking requests and other laboratory inquiries through phone, email, mail, and other correspondence. It also supports laboratory quality control, equipment maintenance, quality assurance, supply inventory and ordering, and administrative needs of Pathologists.
Requirements
- Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma.
- Two years of technical laboratory or technical medical experience, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Responsibilities
- Read, understand, and comply with Laboratory, RPCI, and departmental policies, protocols, and procedures, and ensure that staff members follow instructions.
- Answer telephones, route callers, take messages, and provide routine information to people requesting clinical laboratory services.
- Transcribe, print, sort, mail, fax, duplicate, and distribute medical reports, records, files, forms, correspondence, proposals, charts, and other materials.
- Obtain required Release of Information signatures for external routing of laboratory reports or materials.
- Receive and accession laboratory testing material in Laboratory Information Systems, and complete necessary processing and orders.
- File and retrieve laboratory material from physical inventory locations while maintaining physical and electronic inventory integrity and chain of custody.
- Retrieve relevant laboratory testing information from multiple information systems.
- Handle laboratory specimens using appropriate blood and body fluid precautions and perform immediate specimen processing.
- Package, track, and receive materials for courier transport between the laboratory, reference laboratory, and pathology offices.
- Comply with HIPAA and de-identification requirements and package diagnostic specimens for external shipment according to regulatory shipping requirements.
- Assist with receiving, storing, distributing, and controlling laboratory supply inventories, including processing supply requests.
- Maintain, file, and store laboratory documentation according to applicable regulatory retention standards.
- Support laboratory quality control, equipment maintenance, and quality assurance activities.
- Enhance professional growth by participating in educational programs, reading current literature, and attending in-service meetings and workshops.
- Prepare required written documentation and maintain, distribute, analyze, and project information for records, reports, and statistics as directed.
- Provide administrative support to Pathologists as appropriate.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
High school or GED
