Laboratory Assistant – Tisch Lab Sendout

NYU Langone Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

NYU Langone Health is seeking a Laboratory Assistant to support specimen handling, accessioning, and timely processing in a busy clinical lab. Responsibilities include verifying labels, documenting information, answering calls, and preparing samples for automated instruments, while maintaining safety and quality.

Requirements: high school graduate, 0–6 months lab experience, excellent communication and data-entry skills.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate required.
• 0 to 6 months experience in laboratory setting.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent computer and data-entry skills.

Responsibilities

• Accepts specimens and verifies labeling and requisitions.
• Notifies appropriate personnel in cases of unacceptable samples and documents per SOP.
• Processes samples for automated instrumentation and records data.
• Registers patients and places orders based on requisitions.
• Answers phones and provides courteous service to Laboratory and Medical staff.

Skills

Communication

Data entry

Education

High School Graduate

Job description

NYU Langone Health is a fully integrated health system that consistently achieves the best patient outcomes through a rigorous focus on quality that has resulted in some of the lowest mortality rates in the nation. Vizient Inc. has ranked NYU Langone the No. 1 comprehensive academic medical center in the country for three years in a row, and U.S. News & World Report recently placed nine of its clinical specialties among the top five in the nation. NYU Langone offers a comprehensive range of medical services with one high standard of care across 6 inpatient locations, its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and over 320 outpatient locations in the New York area and Florida. With $14.2 billion in revenue this year, the system also includes two tuition-free medical schools, in Manhattan and on Long Island, and a vast research enterprise with over $1 billion in active awards from the National Institutes of Health.

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Position Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Laboratory Assistant.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Accepts specimens from delivery person, window or pneumatic tube system. When required, ensures log/manifest matches actual specimens received, signs off on all received specimens. Verifies that each specimen is accompanied by LIS barcode label or demographic label and acceptable requisition. Confirms each specimen is appropriate for the test requested. Verifies that the identifying information on the label matches that on the requisition and that the information on the requisition is complete and accurate.
2. Notifies appropriate personnel in cases of unacceptable samples (ie mislabeled, unlabeled, discrepant information) and documents according to department specific procedures. Resolves problems with specimen receipt and appropriateness of test requisitions/samples when possible and according to SOP.
3. Timely processing of all samples. Accessions(receives) sorts, racks and distributes specimens according to established procedures, making sure that special comments and instructions are observed. Processes stats and specimens with time-sensitive protocols in a timely manner. Notifies appropriate house staff and pathologists of frozen section cases. Labels specimens with LIS labels correctly as required. Delivers specimens and labels to the appropriate laboratory or instrument.
4. Registers patients and places orders based on manual requisitions or as corrective action for improperly placed orders entered by providers
5. Answer telephones. Provides customer service to Laboratory and Medical staff. Answers telephones promptly, converses courteously and directs calls in a professional manner. Responds promptly to laboratory and medical staff who come to the laboratory. Provides accurate information to inquiries from the medical staff. Faxes results to physicians offices or other institutions as per policy. Responds promptly to requests from providers (for example STATs and Add On requests). In the absence of customer service personnel, communicates critical values to provider as per policy.
6. Processes Samples for Automated Instrumentation. Enters required pre-analytic information into medical record at accessioning (source, volume, tube# etc.) Centrifugation of samples as required and placement on automated test platforms as per protocol. May include removing caps from tubes of blood and body fluid.
7. Arrange courier pickups as needed (portal and/or phone).
8. General department maintenance. Cleans all laboratory work surfaces and assigned areas in accordance with laboratory protocols and documents as required. Maintains an organized workspace and restocks supplies as needed. Notifies supervisor of any shortage of supplies
9. Follows all safety requirements for PPE and the utilization of engineering controls to maintain a safe work environment.
10. Participates in the training of new lab accessioning staff.
11. Perform other duties as assigned.
12. Process and prepare patient specimens for referral to outside laboratories, ensuring accurate labeling, documentation, packaging, and shipping in compliance with laboratory procedures and regulatory requirements.
13. Verify test orders, maintain specimen integrity and turnaround expectations, track send-out status and results, and communicate effectively with laboratory staff, couriers, and reference labs to resolve discrepancies.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Graduate.
• 0 to 6 months experience in laboratory.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent computer/data entry skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Prior accessioning experience. Knowledge of medical terminology.

NYU Langone Health provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you’ll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Health is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment.

NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $52,171 – $56,056 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.