Pathology Admin Asst - Methodist Lab

Carle Health•Peoria, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Pathology Secretary directs the daily workload performed by the Pathology Secretaries ensuring that the department provides exceptional support to the Department of Pathology and to the pathologists. Carle Health is committed to fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, respected and empowered, where passion and purpose come together to positively impact the lives of our patients and our communities. Carle Health has nearly 17,000 team members and providers supporting patient care across central and southeastern Illinois, including eight award-winning hospitals and a multispecialty provider group with more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers. They are also developing the next generation of providers through Carle Illinois College of Medicine and Methodist College. Several of their hospitals hold Magnet® designations for nursing care. Carle Health offers opportunities in various communities throughout central Illinois for growth and life-long careers.

Requirements

Work Experience: Pathology laboratory

Responsibilities

Demonstrates technical skills required to operate and serves as resource person for office equipment utilized in Anatomic Pathology secretarial area.
Utilizes the Voicebrook system for transcribing Pathology reports.
Assists Pathologists in troubleshooting Voicebrook issues.
Operates efficiently the computer, fax machine, standard typewriter, copy machine and printers.
Understands and utilizes the various phone features
Notifies the appropriate individual or department when there are equipment failures or problems
Serves as the resource person for troubleshooting/problem solving equipment, Voicebrook, etc.
Demonstrates ability to distribute workload to assure accurate processing, transcription, billing and reporting of Anatomic Pathology cases.
Prepares, transcribes, bills, scans, faxes and files anatomical pathology tissue reports, flow cytometry reports, autopsy reports.
Sends tissue for stone analysis and monitors results.
Refers appropriate materials for outside consultations; follows up on outstanding reports; bills appropriately.
Distributes reports of referred testing to pathologist for review;
Always checks for previous anatomical pathology work by looking history in LIS
Checks for and prints clinical information from the HIS as requested.
Checks patient information for accuracy
Charges and credits all patients’ specimens.
Scans in attachments and files
Constructs the report correctly adhering to transcription procedure; utilizes editing skills to ensure the report is accurate
Transcribes at an acceptable speed (125 lines per hour) when Voicebrook recorder is used as opposed to front-end dictation
Checks to make sure all reports have been verified by the pathologist.
Oversees preparation, transcription and distribution of anatomical pathology reports.
Ensures workload is being handled efficiently and directs team members as needed to reallocate resources.
Acts as the primary liaison with the Pathologists, assuring physician priorities can be met by the Pathology Team.
Demonstrate technical skills required to perform all duties in the anatomic pathology section.
Prepares pathologist’s correspondence
Formats and updates the pathologist’s daily and call schedule as required (if assigned); distributes appropriately.
Types consultations per pathologist’s request
Distributes ER/PR/HER-2/neu results
Performs miscellaneous typing as needed
Copies and collates pathology surgical reports for pathologists to present to tissue committee, if assigned.
Pulls randomly selected cases for pathology surgical review as part of the QA process, if assigned.
Supports QA process by providing other clerical functions as required.
Provides clerical duties to support the laboratory
Oversees department resources and ensures pathologists are adequately supported.
Provides training to current and new staff as needed.
Insures smooth and efficient daily operations.
Coordinates work schedules to ensure coverage, adjusts as needed to meet the department and pathologists needs.
Trains employees and evaluates their competency
Acts as a resource for the department and assists coordinator in evaluating processes for the best workflow, maximizing efficiencies and minimizing errors.
Writes and updates policies and procedures
Ensures all training material is up to date.
Solely responsible for collecting and collating paperwork associated with autopsies and assuring each autopsy has a unique and complete file
Contributes ideas and assists in implementing changes to insure cost-effective operation of the department.
Supports co-workers by assisting in department support activities; restocks supplies, orders supplies when inventory is low, completes, packages older reports to be sent to the warehouse
Answers the phone and provides AP information as needed; accurately documents all messages and distributes promptly
Cleans and maintains equipment, work storage areas.
Displays a willingness and interest in learning new procedures or in cross training.
Generates and reads electronic messages using e-mail system.
Provides support for other laboratory sections by assisting when staffing shortages or heavy workload events occur and helping to maintain lounge areas used in all sections. Maintains color printer in AP section. Orders toners, fusers, etc. and installs.