The Role
Provide advanced anatomic pathology lab support: accession specimens, prepare cassettes, assist in cutting room and frozen sections, perform specimen photography and radiographs, maintain cryostats and QC logs, handle hazardous waste, prepare outgoing specimens, run QC reports, follow SOPs and privacy/security policies.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY:
Position is responsible for various duties supporting lab procedures including accessioning tissue specimens.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Functions as a Senior Path Support with analysis and problem resolution; maintaining productive and proactive communication with off-site management; promoting a team-work environment; and assist with day to day operations, SOPs, training, workload assessments, and process evaluations.
- Accession all tissue specimens and make cassettes.
- Assist pathologist and pathologist assistants in cutting room.
- Assist with frozen sections (location dependent).
- Properly hang tissue on the processors (location dependent).
- Responsible for determining/selecting specimens for grossing.
- Photograph specimens (Polaroid, digital, and 35 mm).
- Prepare tissue to be sent out for further testing such as Lymphoma Phenotyping, Quantitative Iron studies, etc.
- Operate the Faxitron machine for specimen radiographs.
- Check campus surgery schedules for probable frozen sections, collect specimens from all campus surgery locations ensuring they are properly listed, and check the surgery board for add cases, cancels, and late specimens (location dependent).
- Records the number of cases daily, maintains the log of decal specimens, and keeps quality control charts on equipment in the accession and cutting room.
- Prepare routine solutions, maintain an inventory of supplies and store in proper location and keep a clean work area.
- Responsible for proper disposal and handling of hazardous waste to include xylene recycling (i.e. xylene, reagent alcohol, formaldehyde, B5) and dispose of specimens according to procedures.
- Perform routine maintenance on cryostats, both in house and in outlying hospitals (location dependent).
- Run Quality Control reports, extracting data into monthly reports to Anatomic Pathology. (location dependent)
- Receive incoming calls and answer questions about reports/handling tissue. (location dependent)
- Review procedure manuals and stay current with procedural changes that have occurred.
- Exercise all laboratory safety precautions and adhere to lab procedures as stated in procedure manuals.
- Perform all job responsibilities in alignment with the industry's best security practices and regulatory guidelines to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected health information and other sensitive company data.
- Must be familiar with and abide by the Corporate Compliance Program and all Corporate policies, including the Privacy and Security policies.
EDUCATION & LICENSURE:
- High school diploma or GED is required.
EXPERIENCE:
- Two to five years of prior job related experience is required.
- Ability to prioritize duties and attentiveness to detail required.
- Computer proficiency with a minimum typing speed of 50 words-per-minute required.
- Pathology technical skills and medical terminology experience is preferred.
- Effective oral and written communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills required.
- High attention to detail and superior accuracy required.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or GED
- Two to five years prior job-related experience
- Computer proficiency with minimum 50 words-per-minute typing speed
- Specimen accessioning and cassette preparation experience
- Experience assisting pathologists/pathologist assistants in cutting room and with frozen sections
- Operate Faxitron and perform specimen radiographs
- Perform routine maintenance on cryostats
- Hazardous waste handling and disposal including xylene recycling, formaldehyde, B5
- Photograph specimens using Polaroid, digital, and 35 mm methods
- Run quality control reports and maintain QC logs
- Effective oral and written communication and strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to prioritize duties, high attention to detail and superior accuracy
- Familiarity with pathology technical skills and medical terminology
- Adherence to SOPs, laboratory safety, and privacy/security policies (PHI protection)
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The Company
What We Do
PathGroup is an industry-leading provider of comprehensive anatomic, clinical, and molecular pathology services in the United States. It serves as the pathology provider for over 250 hospitals and thousands of physician groups and surgery centers. Physician-led and physician-centered, PathGroup is designed to work seamlessly with medical practices, providing direct consultation and high-quality laboratory testing and results.
