Laboratory Aide II (Full Time, Evenings)

St. Luke’s University Health Network•Stroudsburg, PA

About The Position

The Laboratory Aide II registers laboratory orders and patient information, accessions and transports specimens, provides internal and external customer service, and maintains accessioning equipment cleanliness. The role requires independent judgment and may include assisting pathologists with procedures. Responsibilities and specific duties may vary by campus. The position prepares routine and complex specimens for testing and referral, including molecular, oncology, and genomic send-outs. It may also involve phlebotomy and outpatient registration at the Miners Campus, moderate-complexity testing, and support for anatomic pathology procedures under supervision. The aide participates in training employees, educational programs, in-services, and meetings, and may assist with inspection and accreditation projects.

Requirements

High school diploma.
Ability to exercise independent judgment in assigned duties.
For the Miners Campus, phlebotomy certification or successful completion of a phlebotomy program is preferred in addition to a high school diploma.

Nice To Haves

For the Miners Campus, phlebotomy certification or successful completion of a phlebotomy program.

Responsibilities

Accession and transport specimens to the appropriate testing area, campus, or reference laboratory.
Operate centrifuges according to procedure.
Order laboratory supplies, maintain supply inventories, and safely handle chemical disposition as directed.
Label blood and non-blood specimens with barcoded labels and aliquot specimens when necessary according to policy.
Perform requisition entry when necessary and ensure registration is completed.
Register patient demographics, insurance information, and diagnosis, and place laboratory orders in the HIS for specimens received from physician offices; troubleshoot registration issues and resolve work queue assignments.
Add cytolyte to cytology specimens according to policy.
Understand and implement computer downtime procedures when necessary.
Prepare specimens for referral to outside reference laboratories, including logging, packaging, and mailing interfaced and non-interfaced tests.
Prepare complex molecular, oncology, and genomic send-outs, including packaging and mailing specimens and completing the correct revenue cycle steps.
Review outstanding, excepted, and add-on lists to ensure specimens are accessioned and transported to the appropriate testing facility.
Perform maintenance and quality assurance measures and monitor equipment under supervision, including centrifuges, printers, refrigerators, pneumatic tubes, cryostats, anatomic pathology equipment, and clinical laboratory equipment as appropriate.
Participate in training new employees and coordinate training and precepting according to procedure; support new team members’ success.
Communicate professionally with hospital departments and outpatient clinical providers.
Perform other related duties as assigned, including special assignments related to inspection and accreditation projects.
Assist pathologists with onsite attended procedures, including biopsies and bone marrow specimens; make and stain slides, build cases in the computer, and package specimens for transport independently.
Handle irretrievable tissue specimens correctly for pre-analytic testing.
Change pathology stain lines according to schedule and keep logs up to date.
Participate in educational programs, in-services, and meetings.
At the Miners Campus, perform phlebotomy and outpatient registration.
Perform moderate-complexity testing, including antigen testing and processing and incubation of culture plates, and conduct basic equipment maintenance and quality checks under supervision.
Process irretrievable anatomic pathology specimens for cytotechnologist or pathologist review, including case building, grossing, cell block creation and gynecologic triage, embedding, and basic microtomy under supervision and according to the AP procedure manual.