Histology/Cyto Clerk - Histology - Full Time, Days

NYU Langone Health

Posted 2 months ago

Full Time

Patchogue, New York

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Histology/Cyto Clerk performs clerical duties including accessioning patient samples, maintaining accurate records, and distributing reports. They are responsible for processing specimens according to established policies while ensuring patient confidentiality and proper labeling.

Qualifications

You have a High School Diploma and knowledge of medical terminology, computer skills, and interpersonal abilities to communicate effectively. You should be able to pay close attention to details and understand universal precautions.

Must Have Skills for ATS

medical terminology

computer skills

universal precautions

typing

filing

Job Description

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island. The hospital facility is home to the Knapp Cardiac Care Center—an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility—as well as a modern ambulatory surgical pavilion with specialized services including women's imaging, a sleep laboratory, and bariatric surgery. Our Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center delivers comprehensive and specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries. The Stroke Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, with expert neurologists available to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk has multiple outpatient sites, including an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and various primary care and specialty offices.

For more information, go to NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk, and interact with us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Histology/Cyto Clerk - Histology - Full Time, Days - Clinical Labs-Histology - Monday - Friday with Alternating Weekends 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM.

In this role, the successful candidate Under general supervision, and according to established policies and procedures, performs a variety of clerical duties as required by the Histology/Cytology section. Types, files and maintains neat and accurate records, while accommodating a fluctuating workload.

Job Responsibilities:

1.    Clerical 
Performance Expectations: 
•    Ability to properly identify and in an orderly fashion accession patient samples into A/P program.
•    Maintains, updates and distributes all necessary reports.
•    Organizes time to accommodate changing workflow.
•    Recognizes patient confidentiality issues and faxes results to responsible physician only.
•    Able to obtain and relay information in clear and accurate manner 
•    Monitors office and department supplies.
 

2.    Histology/Pathology
Performance Expectations: 
•    Must be familiar with different specimen types.  Able to organize, verify proper preservatives and process accordingly.
•    Understands clinical relevance in all areas of responsibility.
•    Organizes work well so others can take over for them in their absence.
•    Performs universal precautions with each function.
•    Performs all tasks accurately.
•    Relays to supervisor any inconsistency identification or labeling.
•    Accessions and processes specimens in an organized and timely fashion for gross examination.
•    Must follow proper procedures for identifying, verifying and transporting patient samples from the Operating Room and Ambulatory Surgery Area

Communication
Performance Expectations: 
•    Communicates clearly and concisely
•    Listens attentively and follows direction
•    Demonstrates proper telephone techniques and etiquette
•    Effectively utilizes the computer to process specimens, reports results and access information.
•    Communicates ideas and suggestions with a positive intent
•    Conveys respect for the profession
•    Works well in cooperation with others.
•    Communicates knowledge and demonstrates procedures effectively to coworkers and students 
 

Cytology
Performance Expectations: 
•    Understands and identifies appropriate criteria for accepting specimens.
•    Accurately labels cytology specimens.
•    Maintains records of all positive cytology cases.
•    Maintains and updates records and files.
•    Distributes reports to proper areas
•    Updates all necessary logs to conform to third-party regulatory agencies.
•    Handles routine use of Reference Lab Computer System 
 

Other Functions and Performance Expectations
Performance Expectations: 
•    Maintains a consistent pattern of attendance
•    Reports to assigned area on time for scheduled shift
•    Adheres to hospital/department dress code.  Arrives to work appropriately dressed, ell groomed and neat.
•    Completes all hospital requirements at designated time (i.e. annual assessment, educational, MedNetTra)
•    Follows call-in procedure when sick, late or absent.

Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a High School Diploma
Knowledge of medical terminology
Updated computer skills
Interpersonal skills necessary to communicate and provide information
Ability to pay close attention to details in all performance expectations
General Typing and filing knowledge
Knowledge of universal precautions

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk 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 Hospital—Suffolk is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.

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NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk 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 $33,533.27 - $47,229.00 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.

View the Pay Transparency Notice for further details.

NYU Langone Health

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 No. 1 out of 118 comprehensive academic medical centers across the nation for four years in a row, and U.S. News & World Report recently ranked four of its clinical specialties No. 1 in the nation. NYU Langone offers a comprehensive range of medical services with one high standard of care across seven inpatient locations, its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and more than 320 outpatient locations in the New York area and Florida. The system also includes two tuition-free medical schools, in Manhattan and on Long Island, and a vast research enterprise. For more information, go to nyulangone.org and interact with us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and Indeed. More: NYU Grossman School of Medicine has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history since 1841. With more than 75 divisions of specialty care including comprehensive inpatient and outpatient programs for every stage of life, a multifaceted Research and Academic Center and the NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine focused on primary care, NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island joined NYU Langone Health as of August 1, 2019. At NYU Langone Hospitals, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine and NYU Langone Health (collectively referred to as "NYU Langone"), we work collectively to achieve our mission: To care. To teach. To discover. We celebrate the inclusive excellence of the people that make us a world-class institution in patient care, education and science ("tripartite missions"). We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff and students can thrive.
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