Accessioning Clerk - Pathology - Part-Time

About the Role

As a member of the Baylor Pathology team, the Accessioning Clerk accessions surgical pathology specimens under direct supervision. The candidate may be trained for gross dissection with qualifying credentials after successful completion of competency. This part-time position is not eligible for benefits and requires working 2 days per week from 1:00pm - 9:30pm at 2575 West Bellfort Suite 200, Houston, TX 77054.

Responsibilities

• Receives, sorts, and accessions all specimens entering the laboratory into the LIS.
• Creates specimen cassettes and slides and verifies accurate transposition of accession numbers generated by the LIS when matching with specimens.
• Time stamps patient requisitions upon receipt and sorts specimens.
• Enters patient demographics, physician and clinical information, clinical history, specimen information, and test orders into the LIS.
• Follows established safety and laboratory procedures at all times.
• Follows the direction of the supervisor while taking initiative in performing and promoting quality and efficiency within the department.
• Clearly communicates (verbally and in writing) to management and coworkers when issues arise or when communicating information pertaining to shift handoff.
• Promotes supportive departmental communication with co-workers and management.
• Assists with equipment maintenance as directed by manager.
• Prepares FNA slides and performs FNA.
• Prepares frozen section slides.
• Disposes of samples after the analysis is complete.
• Assists with distributing slides in a timely manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• No experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two years of laboratory setting experience.
• Associate, Bachelor, or accrued credits in the amount of 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) from a regionally accredited college/university with a combination of 24 hours equally divided between biology and chemistry.
• Experience in related field.
• Ability to follow established procedures.
• Ability to identify issues and troubleshoot by root cause analysis and create a plan of correction.
• Ability to function with efficiency and clear communication.
• Ability to multitask without compromising quality or efficiency.
• Strong organizational skills to stay on task and meet deadlines.