Senior Lab Assistant - Per Diem
About The Position
NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center, which offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. We are a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. This role is responsible for assisting lab staff with the day-to-day operation of the laboratory, by providing clinical, clerical and inventory management support. Including but not limited to specimen management/processing, ordering and receipt of inventory, instrument maintenance, intake/accessioning and communicating with providers and other laboratories.
Requirements
- High School Degree with 12 college credits in biology or chemistry.
- Laboratory experience including handling open containers of blood and body fluid.
- Laboratory experience including Intake/Accessioning), and handling open containers of blood and body fluid.
- Knowledge of computer applications especially excel and word.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelors Degree.
- 1+ years of experience in Laboratory.
- 1+ years of experience in intake/accessioning experience.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for screening and accessioning specimens in the LIS as described in the Lab Assistant Job Description.
- Maintains an adequate supply of all general laboratory items as well as department specific reagents and materials needed for specimen analysis. Communicates the need for additional supplies to supervisor/manager when necessary.
- Ensures the proper receipt and storage of laboratory materials. Receives all goods delivered and documents according to NYU policy and guidelines provided by regulatory agencies.
- Understands specimen requirements, communicates to provider and documents when samples are cancelled or rejected.
- Assures specimen quality prior to processing.
- Calls provider to confirm or clarify requests, modifies and places orders as required.
- Responsible for front end processing of all samples preparing them for analysis. Examples include but are not limited to labeling, centrifuging, aliquoting, transport and placing samples on automated test platforms.
- Responsible for back-end processing of samples including preparation for storage, tracking and eventual disposal according to policy.
- Properly disposes of all department regulated medical, biological, chemical and clean waste.
- Cleans all laboratory work surfaces and assigned equipment in accordance with laboratory protocols and documents as required.
- Responsible for maintaining logs associated with temperature and humidity for assigned equipment, work areas and eye wash stations.
- Answering the phone and providing assistance to caller as required (spec requirements, test availability, TAT etc.)
- Access automated test platforms to assess status of test samples
- Assist in blood product modification (irradiation, thawing of frozen products).
- Responsible for inventory management of blood products (receiving, stocking, expiration).
- Performs Phlebotomy services for inpatients
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Financial security benefits
- Generous time-off program
- Employee resources groups for peer support
- Holistic employee wellness program (physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care)
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
