St. Mary's Medical Center - Huntington, WV
Lab Support Clerk
St. Mary's Medical Center - Huntington, WV, Huntington, West Virginia, us, 25777
Cabell Huntington Hospital seeks a full‑time, as needed Laboratory Support Clerk. The purpose of this position is to provide administrative support to the Cytology and Pathology Laboratories, act as a liaison between the department and all other hospital units, physicians, outside accounts, and the public. The Clerk performs pre‑ and post‑analytical duties for laboratory testing and provides associated support services.
Responsibilities
Interprets physicians' orders and enters data into the LIS system.
Receives and processes samples delivered from internal and external sources, delivering samples to the various laboratory sections.
Distributes completed Laboratory/Pathology reports to nursing units, physicians' boxes and other areas of the hospital.
Sorts and prepares reports for mailing to physicians’ offices, maintaining current addresses to ensure timely delivery.
Receives incoming calls for the laboratory and assists the caller or transfers calls to the correct laboratory section or person.
Utilizes laboratory computer programs for the entry of orders, receipt of specimens and query of results.
Maintains proficiency in the use of the HIS specimen registration process to establish patient accounts.
Provides courier service and/or specimen pickup and supply delivery for external clients; creates orders for specimens, labels them appropriately, and delivers them to lab sections for testing.
Monitors results call list to ensure all results are called or faxed as necessary for timely reporting.
Prepares Pap smear slides and monolayer slides, performing staining, cover‑slipping, and reagent preparation, and maintains instruments in these areas.
Transports specimens from Surgery.
Accession specimens and accurately enter clinical information from requisitions into the pathology module.
Prepares cases for send‑out of surgical consultations.
Provides clerical support for Pathologists and Laboratory Administration.
Processes specimens to be sent to reference laboratories, ensuring proper packaging, specimen requirements, sample preparation, and creation of manifests.
Job Details
Seniority level: Entry level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
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Responsibilities
Interprets physicians' orders and enters data into the LIS system.
Receives and processes samples delivered from internal and external sources, delivering samples to the various laboratory sections.
Distributes completed Laboratory/Pathology reports to nursing units, physicians' boxes and other areas of the hospital.
Sorts and prepares reports for mailing to physicians’ offices, maintaining current addresses to ensure timely delivery.
Receives incoming calls for the laboratory and assists the caller or transfers calls to the correct laboratory section or person.
Utilizes laboratory computer programs for the entry of orders, receipt of specimens and query of results.
Maintains proficiency in the use of the HIS specimen registration process to establish patient accounts.
Provides courier service and/or specimen pickup and supply delivery for external clients; creates orders for specimens, labels them appropriately, and delivers them to lab sections for testing.
Monitors results call list to ensure all results are called or faxed as necessary for timely reporting.
Prepares Pap smear slides and monolayer slides, performing staining, cover‑slipping, and reagent preparation, and maintains instruments in these areas.
Transports specimens from Surgery.
Accession specimens and accurately enter clinical information from requisitions into the pathology module.
Prepares cases for send‑out of surgical consultations.
Provides clerical support for Pathologists and Laboratory Administration.
Processes specimens to be sent to reference laboratories, ensuring proper packaging, specimen requirements, sample preparation, and creation of manifests.
Job Details
Seniority level: Entry level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
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