Lead Laboratory Aide, Anatomic Pathology

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network seeks a Working Lead Lab Aide to coordinate the duties and workflow of laboratory aides, ensure timely registration of orders, and accurate scanning of reports into medical records.

This role demands critical thinking, independent judgement, and the ability to train staff, manage monthly schedules, and maintain quality standards across the lab network.

Qualifications

• Must have High School Diploma.
• Ability to lead and train staff.
• Strong communication with other health care departments.

Responsibilities

• Oversees coordination of duties and workflow for lab aides.
• Responsible for billing reference lab and miscellaneous tests, assigned work queues.
• Scans reports into patient medical records and ensures turnaround time quality.
• Trains staff and maintains staff competency, schedules as needed.
• Supports pathologists and assists with laboratory procedures.

Skills

Critical thinking

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care. This is a working lead position: Oversees the coordination of duties and workflow performed by the laboratory aides. Responsible for registration of laboratory orders, billing of reference lab testing and assigned work ques, and scanning in reports to medical record. Ensures turnaround time and quality standards are upheld by laboratory aides. Requires critical thinking skills and independent judgement in performance. Rapid response lead lab aides would have regional responsibilities. ASSISTS PATHOLOGISTS WITH PROCEDURES.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversees the coordination of duties and workflow performed by lab aides. Ensures network standardization of processes.
• Responsible for billing reference lab and miscellaneous tests, assigned work ques.
• Scans reports into the patient medical record as needed.
• Ensures turnaround time standards are adhered and quality of specimen is maintained by staff.
• Responsible for orientation and training of staff. Maintains staff competency. Educates staff on policies and procedures as needed.
• Responsible for the monthly schedule as needed.
• Performs the essential functions of lab aide II and assists staff as necessary.
• Communicates as necessary with other health care departments within and outside of the hospital utilizing AIDET.
• Troubleshoots and resolves workque issues.
• Ensures maintenance and quality checks are performed appropriately.
• Other related duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS

• Sitting up to 7 hours per day in 2 hour increments.
• Standing up to 5 hours per day in 2 hour increments.
• Walking up to 7 hours per day in short increments.
• Frequently uses fingers to manipulate small vials, pipetting, etc.
• Continuous use of hands for operation of laboratory equipment and computer keyboard.
• Occasional lifting of boxes/equipment up to 30 pounds.
• Occasional pushing/pulling of equipment.
• Frequent stooping/bending.
• Occasional crouching.
• Frequent reaching above shoulder level and stretching across work area (30\" depth).
• Hearing as it relates to normal, high, and low frequencies.
• Seeing as it relates to general, far, near, color and peripheral vision.
• Depth perception.

EDUCATION

High School Diploma

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.