Lab Support Clerk

Cabell Huntington Hospital; Huntington (WV); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV seeks a full-time Laboratory Support Clerk to provide administrative support to the Cytology and Pathology Laboratories. The role acts as a liaison with hospital units, physicians, outside accounts and the public, handling pre and post-analytical duties for laboratory testing.

The incumbent will interpret orders, enter data into LIS, process samples, manage reports and coordinate courier services, ensuring timely and accurate reporting to clinicians

Responsibilities

• Interprets physicians' orders and enters data into the LIS system.
• Receives and processes samples from internal and external sources; delivers samples to lab sections.
• Distributes completed reports to nursing units, physicians, and other areas of the hospital.
• Sorts and prepares reports for mailing to physicians' offices and maintains current delivery addresses.
• Answers incoming calls for the laboratory or routes them to the appropriate section.
• Uses laboratory software to enter orders, receive specimens, and query results.
• Maintains HIS specimen registration to establish patient accounts.
• Provides courier service or specimen pickup for external clients and creates orders for specimens.
• Monitors results call lists to ensure timely notification to clinicians.
• Prepares Pap smear and monolayer slides, stains, covers, and preps reagents; maintains instruments.
• Transports specimens from Surgery.
• Accession specimens and 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 and handles packaging and manifests.

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 (full-list Available In Job Description)

• 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.