Technologist Intermediate

Montefiore Health System•New York, NY

4d•$28•Onsite

About The Position

Montefiore Medical Center's Division of Clinical Pathology is responsible for the laboratory testing of blood, urine, and body fluids for disease diagnosis and health maintenance. Utilizing the latest advances in computer technology, the Division maintains millions of dollars of state-of-the-art automated equipment at its laboratory sites and services hospitals, nursing homes, the Montefiore Medical Group, faculty practices, and voluntary physicians' offices at more than 40 sites. The Technologist Intermediate will perform autopsies under the supervision of Pathology Assistants and/or residents, clean and maintains instruments and supplies in autopsy suites and cutting rooms, and performs laboratory QC. Will be responsible for storing, retrieving, and disposing of surgical, neuropathology and autopsy tissue and will assist Neuropathologist during brain cutting sessions, prepare tissue for conferences, and accession surgical pathology and autopsy cases into the Pathology Laboratory Information System. This position is in the Surgical Pathology lab. The hours are 9:00am – 5:30pm Monday through Friday. Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Calling All Nurses! Nurse Recruitment Hotline: 718-920-6697; Monday-Friday: 9am-4pm Since its inception in 1884, Montefiore’s mission has been to heal, to teach, to discover and advance the health of the communities we serve. Montefiore's state-of-the-art facilities include the internationally-recognized Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and our Notable Centers of Excellence - Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation. Combined with a growing number of locations for primary and specialty care throughout the Bronx and Westchester County, Montefiore is the ideal organization to apply and hone your expertise. An assortment of insurance products and discount programs through Voluntary Benefits. Check out our comprehensive benefits available to you when you join our outstanding team! To heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. To be a premier academic medical center that transforms health and enriches lives. Automated Employment Decision Tools Notice (AEDT)

Requirements

Associate degree required, Bachelor’s Degree preferred - biological, medical, or forensic science
General understanding of surgical pathology cutting room policies and procedures, Detailed knowledge of autopsy policies and procedures required
Working knowledge of correct and safe operation of all equipment used in surgical pathology Cutting Rooms and autopsy suites is required
Basic human anatomy, safe handling of laboratory equipment and chemicals
Must have experience working with Lipshaw Body lift transport system, Scales (Electronic and Manual), Microwave, Graduate cylinder, Standard autopsy saw (Stryker autopsy saw), Surgical instruments (scissors, scalpel blades and handle, probes, forceps, etc.), Cassette labeling machine Leica IPC Cassette labeler machine, Digital camera, Electric Bone saw, (Band saw), current laboratory Information System, Cryostat

Responsibilities

Perform organ evisceration, brain, and spinal cord removal in autopsy cases
Review patient chart and consent form prior to autopsy commencing
Perform time-out procedure in the presence of the resident or PA prosector
Accessions autopsies and surgical specimens in the pathology Laboratory Information System
Transport laboratory materials (slides, blocks, tissues etc.) from storage to areas where they will be used (attending offices, cutting rooms, etc.) and back again
Participate in quality control
Assist neuropathologist with weekly brain cutting sessions
Transport autopsy and surgical specimens from cutting rooms to storage areas or to morgue for disposal
Maintain autopsy suite and cutting room inventory and surgical pathology cutting rooms and autopsy suites
Label and files Neuropathology slides
Dispose of tissue and chemical waste in the cutting rooms and autopsy suites
Cover, at any campus, other staff with the same or lower responsibilities (Intermediate Techs, Clerks, Lab helpers)
Perform other functions within their job description as needed and not specified elsewhere