Yale New Haven Health

Integrated hospital system with academic affiliations

Medical Laboratory Assistant

Diagnostics & Laboratory ProfessionalsUpdated on Nov 10

Part-timeNew Haven, CT, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A high school diploma or equivalency exam is required.
Experience is not required.
Consistently interact positively with coworkers and customers, and proactively assist in other areas in a team-oriented environment.
Maintain knowledge of procedures and implement new and revised procedures in real time.
Maintain quality control and quality assurance standards.

Responsibilities

Understand and adhere to performance standards, policies, and behaviors.
Demonstrate knowledge of department and hospital policies and procedures and their execution.
Handle telephone inquiries and transfer calls as needed.
Receive, accession, and process specimens to ensure timely reporting of results, while ensuring positive patient identification.
Perform registration in the hospital information system as needed.
Process reference laboratory testing as needed.
Perform testing as needed.
Independently troubleshoot specimen-related problems.
Assist in training new employees.
Maintain hardware and equipment as needed.
Use computer programs in laboratory and hospital-based systems to ensure accurate data entry and retrieval.
Perform other duties as needed.
For applicable blood bank duties, announce massive transfusion protocol and assist with setup, issue, and replacement of blood products.
For applicable blood bank duties, select ABO/Rh-compatible platelets and fresh frozen plasma, set them up for patients, and print compatibility tags.
For applicable blood bank duties, issue blood products after thoroughly reviewing the blood product release form.
For applicable blood bank duties, accept blood products back into inventory or discard returned products after determining suitability.
For applicable blood bank duties, irradiate blood products as needed and retrieve blood products from the operating room.
For applicable microbiology duties, use sterile technique and follow best practices.
For applicable microbiology duties, process pre-analytical specimens, including tissue grinding, media or lysis inoculation, and manual agar streaking.
For applicable microbiology duties, select incubation environments based on specimen type and protocol.
For applicable microbiology duties, operate pre-analytical instruments, including laboratory automation systems, centrifuges, biosafety cabinets, and environmental incubation systems.
For applicable microbiology duties, perform applicable staining techniques, including Gram stain preparation.
For applicable pathology duties, assist with fine-needle aspirations and frozen sections, and perform office duties as needed.
For applicable pathology duties, sign hazardous waste manifests when needed.
For applicable pathology duties, package and ship anatomic pathology specimens and register anatomic pathology samples.
For applicable pathology duties, aliquot specimens for additional testing.
For applicable pathology duties, cover-slip, distribute, and/or file slides and blocks; dispose of pathology specimens; and maintain cytology/histology daily and monthly maintenance charts.
For applicable pathology duties, clean and maintain work areas in accordance with universal precautions.
Under direct supervision of the pathologist assistant or pathologist, preserve samples for testing.
For applicable pathology duties, assist with hematoxylin and eosin slide preparation, including loading and unloading slides into and from an automated stainer, and operate a cover slipper.
For applicable pathology duties, transcribe pathology gross descriptions and/or diagnoses.

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

Responsible for receiving and processing specimens. Accession specimens in laboratory information system. Handle incoming phone calls and assisting with general lab supply management. Work in conjunction with Medical Laboratory Scientists.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

Responsibilities

1. Understands and adheres to Performance Standards, Policies and Behaviors
2. Demonstrate knowledge of department and hospital policies and procedures and their execution
3. Handle telephone inquiries, transfer as needed
4. Receive, accession and process specimens in order to ensure timely reporting of results. Ensures positive patient identification
5. Perform registration in HIS as needed
6. Process reference lab testing as needed
7. Perform testing as needed
8. Independently troubleshoot specimen-related problems.
9. Assist in training new employees.
10. Maintain hardware and equipment as needed.
11. Uses computer programs in laboratory and hospital based systems to ensure accurate data entry and retrieval.
12. Perform other duties as needed.
13. Blood bank (if applicable) a. Announce MTP; assist with set up, issue, replacement of blood products. b. Select ABO Rh compatible platelets and FFP, set up on patient, print compatibility tag. c. Issue blood products after thorough review of blood product release form. d. Accept blood products back into inventory or discard returned blood products after determining suitability. e. May irradiate blood products and go to the OR to retrieve blood products
14. Microbiology (if applicable) a. Understands sterile technique and best practices. b. Pre-analytical specimen processing includes tissue grinding, media or lysis inoculation, and manual agar streaking. c. Understands appropriate incubation environments based on specimen type and protocol. d. Operates pre-analytical instrumentation including laboratory automation systems, centrifuges, biosafety cabinets, and environmental incubation systems. e. Proficient in applicable staining techniques including Gram stain preparation.
15. Pathology (if applicable) a. Assist with FNAs and frozen sections when applicable. Assist with office duties as needed. b. Sign off on the hazardous waste manifest when needed. c. Package and ship all AP specimens. d. Registration of all AP samples. e. Pre-analytical specimen processing includes aliquoting of specimens for additional testing f. Slide/block cover slipping, distribution, and/or filing. g. Disposal of pathology specimens h. Maintaining cytology/histology department daily and monthly maintenance charts f. Responsible for cleaning and maintenance in accordance with universal precautions g. Under direct supervision of the pathologist assistant or pathologist, preserving samples for testing h. Assist with H&E slide preparation, including loading and unloading of slides into/from auto-stainer, and operating cover slipper. i. Transcribe Pathology gross description and/or diagnosis.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

HS Diploma or equivalency exam

EXPERIENCE

Experience not required

SPECIAL SKILLS

Consistently interacts with coworkers and customers in a positive manner. Cooperatively and proactively assists in other areas as needed in a teamwork oriented environment. Maintains procedure knowledge and implements all new and revised procedures in real time. Maintains all Quality Control and Quality Assurance standards at all times. ? EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran.

YNHHS Requisition ID

190716

About the Company

Yale New Haven Health

Integrated hospital system with academic affiliations

Yale New Haven Health is a health system that operates five hospitals (Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, Westerly) and provides access to a wide network of primary care physicians and specialists through Northeast Medical Group and Yale Medicine. Through its affiliation with Yale University and Yale School of Medicine, it connects patients to the latest medical treatments and research. Its facilities and outpatient locations enable coordinated care across a single organization that aims to be more patient-focused, more accessible, and more cost-effective. The system delivers care by combining hospital services, primary and specialty care, and advanced clinical relationships to integrate treatment with ongoing research and clinical trials, offering patients access to innovative therapies and personalized treatment options.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: New Haven, CT
Founded: 1996

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