Laboratory Aide #Full Time

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The 61st Street Service Corporation, provides administrative and clinical support staff for ColumbiaDoctors. This position will support ColumbiaDoctors, one of the largest multi-specialty practices in the Northeast. ColumbiaDoctors’ practices comprise an experienced group of more than 2,800 physicians, surgeons, dentists, and nurses, offering more than 240 specialties and subspecialties.

Job Summary:

The Laboratory Aide is a key support member in the workflow of the Dermatopathology Laboratory and functions as a team player to ensure efficiency, accuracy, and timely processing of all histology and digital pathology tasks. The candidate will work closely with the Histotechnologists, Digital Imaging Coordinator, and Shift Supervisor. The Laboratory Aide is responsible for accessioning, labeling, filing, writing slides, discarding old specimen samples, and retrieving deeper levels and special requests from Pathologists. In addition, the Laboratory Aide supports the digital pathology workflow by preparing slides for scanning, assisting with slide organization for the scanners, ensuring accurate barcode readability, and coordinating with the Digital Pathology team to maintain smooth image capture and transfer into the LIS.

Job Responsibilities:

• Accessioning: Data entry of all cases into the Laboratory Information System (LIS) with the highest degree of accuracy to ensure patient information and referring physician information is correct. Must conform to all applicable HIPAA and Billing compliance during the accessioning process
• Receiving: Responsible for receiving a large volume of biopsies from multiple couriers and ensure all biopsies are accounted for in accordance with the departmental manifest
  • Report any discrepancies to the Laboratory Supervisor/Manager or Administrator
• Filing: Performs daily filing of all blocks and slides and scheduled retrieval of blocks and slides from our off-site warehouse
• Waste and specimen disposal: Disposes reagent waste and old specimens in compliance with the Department of Environmental Health and Safety and laboratory protocols
• Digital Pathtology:
  • Support the dermatopathology laboratory’s digital pathology operations by creating high-quality digital images of glass slides,
  • Ensure accuracy of slide labeling and barcode capture, and performing QC checks across all digital imaging workflows.
  • Maintain seamless scanner performance, assisting with data collection, and ensure images transfer accurately into the laboratory information system (LIS).
  • Work closely with the Digital Pathology team, histotechnologists, supervisors, and leadership to ensure digital imaging meets clinical, operational, and regulatory expectations.
• Case Coordination: Retrieves Pathologist’s requests for additional or special testing
  • Writes the slides for all additional and special stains
  • Prints reports for all the additional and special stains to be provided to the Pathologist
  • Assists in maintaining daily