Lab Support Clerk

St. Mary's Medical Center - Huntington, WV; Huntington (WV); On-site; USD 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cabell Huntington Hospital seeks a full-time Laboratory Support Clerk to provide administrative support to the Cytology and Pathology Laboratories. The role serves as a liaison between the department and hospital units, physicians, outside accounts, and the public.

The incumbent will perform pre- and post-analytical duties, enter orders into the LIS, and support specimen handling, reporting, and courier services as needed.

Qualifications

• Accurate data entry from physician orders into LIS.
• Strong clerical and administrative skills in a hospital setting.
• Ability to communicate with multiple hospital units and external contacts.

Responsibilities

• Interpret physicians' orders and enter data into LIS.
• Receive and process samples from internal and external sources; deliver to lab sections.
• Distribute reports to nursing units, physicians, and other areas of the hospital.

Skills

Data entry

LIS system usage

Clerical support

Communication

Tools

HIS/Pathology software

Job description

Cabell Huntington Hospital seeks a full-time 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. To perform pre and post analytical duties for laboratory testing and provide associated support services.

Job Specific Accountabilities

• Interprets physicians' orders and enters data into the LIS system.
• Receives and processes samples delivered from internal and external sources. Delivers 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, for mailing, all reports being sent to physicians’ offices. Maintains current addresses to ensure timely delivery of reports.
• Receives incoming calls for the laboratory and assists the caller as appropriate or transfers these 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, properly places the labels on the specimens and delivers them to the lab sections for testing.
• Monitors results call list to ensure that all results are called or faxed as necessary to facilitate timely reporting.
• Prepares Pap smear slides and monolayer slides to include staining, cover slipping, and reagent preparation Performs maintenance on instruments in these areas as needed.
• Transports specimens from Surgery.
• Is able to accession specimens and accurately enter clinical information from the 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. Is familiar with the proper packaging, specimen requirements, sample preparation, and creation of the manifest to be forwarded with the specimens.