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 in performing assigned duties and assists pathologists with procedures. Duties include handling routine and complex reference-laboratory send-outs, specimen preparation, equipment maintenance and quality assurance under supervision, and helping train new employees. Campus-specific duties may include phlebotomy, outpatient registration, moderate-complexity testing, and anatomic pathology specimen processing.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

For 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 a centrifuge 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 needed and ensure registration is completed.
Register patient demographics, insurance information, and diagnosis, and place laboratory orders in 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; prepare complex molecular, oncology, and genomic send-outs with correct packaging, mailing, and revenue-cycle procedures.
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, supporting the new team member's success.
Communicate professionally and appropriately with hospital departments and outpatient clinical providers.
Perform other related duties and special assignments, including 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; duties may vary by site.
Change pathology stain lines according to schedule and keep logs up to date.
Participate in educational programs, in-services, and meetings.
At Miners Campus, perform phlebotomy and outpatient registration.
Perform moderate-complexity testing, including antigen testing, culture plate processing and incubation, and 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, gynecologic triage, embedding, and basic microtomy under supervision and according to the AP procedure manual.