Clinical Lab Data Entry Specialist - Per Diem

NYU Langone Hospitals; Suffolk, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 43,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk in Suffolk, NY, is seeking a Data Entry Operator - Per Diem in Clinical Labs to prepare specimens for analysis and manage data entry and specimen registration. The role runs 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM with varied days and weekends, under direct supervision.

You will assist lab staff, accession specimens, and relay critical values to clinicians. Responsibilities include verifying patient IDs, sorting and labeling specimens, data entry, centrifuging, and maintaining accurate

Qualifications

• High School diploma required.
• Strong typing and data entry skills.
• Experience with office equipment and data entry.
• Familiarity with OSHA regulations and standard precautions.

Responsibilities

• Verifies identification of patient specimens and requests for tests.
• Prepare and accession sample for send out testing for various locations.
• Report critical values to medical staff.
• Sorts specimens with appropriate labeling and identification for distribution to designated laboratories for testing.
• Performs pertinent data entry and retrieval functions using automated and/or manual systems.
• Centrifuges and decants specimens.
• Maintains laboratory records per procedures and protocols.
• Maintains inventory of laboratory supplies and distributes supplies.
• Follows laboratory safety policies including PPE and clean environment.
• Accessing samples for all areas of lab and send outs.
• Report critical values to nurses/providers and medical staff.

Skills

Typing

Filing

Phone

General Computer skills

Organizational skills

OSHA regulations

Standard precautions

Education

High School diploma

Associate's Degree in Business or related field

Tools

Hospital/Lab computer systems

Job description

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk in Suffolk, NY, is seeking a Data Entry Operator - Per Diem in Clinical Labs to prepare specimens for analysis and manage data entry and specimen registration. The role runs 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM with varied days and weekends, under direct supervision.

You will assist lab staff, accession specimens, and relay critical values to clinicians. Responsibilities include verifying patient IDs, sorting and labeling specimens, data entry, centrifuging, and maintaining accurate