Laboratory Assistant
- Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
- Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers.
- Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
- Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.
- Ensure proper accessioning and labeling of all tissue samples
- Process paperwork associated with accessioning and reporting
- Prepare reagents for tissue processing and routine slide staining, under direct supervision
- Perform routine H&E staining either manually or automated
- Distributing slides to pathologists
- File blocks and slides
- Filing paperwork
- Discarding specimen containers
- Specimen pickup(s) as needed
- Perform cover slipping of stained slides either manually or automated
- Perform routine maintenance and cleaning of equipment
- Responsible for all assigned clerical duties associated with the Pathology laboratory
- Ensure all corporate safety, quality control and quality assurance standards are met
- Ensure compliance with all local, federal, CLIA and CAP regulations
- Maintain a clean and well-organized work area
- Other duties, as assigned
- Education: High school diploma or GED required. Associate of Science preferred
- Must be reliable
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Ability to pay close attention to detail
- Ability to compile data
- Ability to follow instructions/procedures
- Ability to communicate effectively with customers and co-workers
- Ability to perform work activities in a team environment with open communication.
- Ability to maintain attention to detail and concentrate for extended periods of time.
- Ability to function in a fast-paced environment while under substantial time pressures and still maintain quality patient care
- Proficient technical (computer) skills with keyboarding.
- Strong multi-tasking ability in a fast-paced environment
- Self-motivated with initiative.
- Strong sense of ethics.
- Frequently required to stand, walk, and sit for extended periods of time.
- Use of hands to finger, handle, feel objects, tools or controls.
- Reach with hands and arms
- Occasionally climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
- Constantly talk, hear and smell.
- Frequently lift 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move 25 to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
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