Pathology Assistants

Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) – CHA Cambridge Hospital –

Location:

CHA Cambridge Hospital – Work Days:
Mon – Fri –

Work Shift:

Day – Job Type: Per Diem On Call – Hours/Week: 0.00 – Union:
No – Union Name:
Non Union – Department:
Pathology – Category:
Allied Health – Requisition Number: 5496 – Date Posted: 08/31/2024.

• Specimen Processing and Gross Description of Surgical Specimens:
  • Accurately and efficiently provides gross descriptions of all surgical specimens
  • Competent and adept in the use of Dragon Voice recognition
  • Independently troubleshoots issues with Dragon Voice
  • Creates new templates for dictation for Dragon Voice
  • Accurately and efficiently dissects tissue and puts the tissue into a properly labelled cassette for processing
  • Accurately and efficiently prints cassettes as needed
  • Accurately and efficiently completes worksheets for each specimen
  • Ensures specimen comments, which include IHC, special stains, and levels are transcribed correctly onto the specimen worksheets
  • Accurately and efficiently performs frozen sections with staining and delivery of frozen section slides within the acceptable time limits
  • Prepares touch preps and stains the slides as needed
  • Provides high quality photographs of gross specimens and microscopic slides
  • Provides high quality digital pictures with diagrams as needed for complicated cases and delivers specimens to radiology for new images
  • Efficiently delivers tissue, hardware or other foreign bodies to doctors' offices or directly to patients as needed
  • Willingly assists in the printing of proofs of dictation and other patient's information as needed
  • Loads the specimens on the processor as needed
• Gross Room Quality Control and Equipment Maintenance:
  • Correctly performs all required daily and monthly instrument processes according to department specific scales and protocols
  • Effectively troubleshoots and resolves quality control failures and instrument failures
  • Independently contacts technical service representatives when required to resolve problems
  • Ensures that the fume hood is functioning properly at all times
  • Maintains an adequate supply of inventory at all times
  • Ensures that the grossing room is kept clean and organized
  • Ensures that there is appropriate monitoring of all temperature-dependent equipment
  • Ensures there is proper management and labeling of the chemicals and the chemical hazardous waste
• Team
  
  Skills:
  • Participates daily in the team effort to efficiently complete all required department work within the appropriate time interval
  • Constructively analyzes work processes and contributes to the team effort to improve workflow as needed
  • Identifies opportunities for improvement and willingly adjusts as change is needed
  • Actively participates in committee's/task force team meetings as assigned
  • Attends and participates in all department meetings, reads minutes and completes assigned follow-up tasks within the required deadline
  • Demonstrates flexibility in resolving scaling issues
  • Trains new employees by accurately conveying information on policies and processes of the department
  • Verifies their work until they are able to work independently
  • Supports department initiatives with technical knowledge, active participation in work groups and education for other departments
  • Acknowledges supervisory roles of the managerial and medical staff of the laboratory
  • Works with both managers and pathologists in ensuring good patient care, efficient workflow and the safety of themselves and others
• Administrative Responsibilities:
  • Readily assists in the organization and coordination of anatomic pathology conferences; participates as required
  • Readily assists in the preparation of documents and tissue for send-out cases as needed
  • Assists the pathologists in the preparation for accreditation inspections
    
    Writes technical processes as needed in accordance with established technical guidelines
  • Readily performs other tasks as assigned or directed by the manager
• Safety:
  • Keeps work area disinfected by washing surfaces with appropriate disinfectant at frequent intervals
  • Understands and applies principles in the Laboratory Bloodborne Pathogen Control Plan
  • Adheres to universal precautions at all times
  • Understands and…