Pathology Laboratory Assistant Jobs

Pathology Lab Assistant will assist the Lab Manager with specimen processing, quality assurance on each pathology ensuring receipt and accessioning specimens.

The schedule for this position is Monday- Friday 12.00pm to 830pm

• Provide advanced problem solving, troubleshooting, interpretation/consultation, verification of specimen quality.
• Good organizational skills, ability to triage and prioritize.
• Communicate to manager to maintain sufficient inventory of material supplies and equipment for performance of duties.
• Maintain quality control to ensure reliability of processing procedures.
• Accuracy and close attention to detail.
• Strong analytical judgement.
• Communicate in a professional and courteous manner with practice staff.
• Daily confirmation of receipt and accessioning specimens.
• Identifies problems with specimen types, missing information etc. and works with clinical staff to resolve them.
• Accurately enters patient information into laboratory information system (LIS).
• HS degree and BA preferred.
• Day-to-day path lab operations with commitment to providing the highest quality service to patients.
• Perform other duties as required to meet the needs of the department and APDerm®.
• Verify patient demographics, physician data, tests requested, time and date of collection, appropriate clinical information and all other pertinent data found on laboratory request forms.
• Visual acuity (including color discrimination) to distinguish fine detail.