ADMIN LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (Part Time)

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The Administrative Laboratory Technician reports to the Administrative Laboratory Supervisor. Responsible for facilitating the exchange of information between customers: patients, families, healthcare teams, other departments, vendors, billing, or outside agencies. Serves as an initial point of contact for customers either in person or by phone and handles all administrative (non-technical) aspects of the patient encounter and maintains accurate information on each patient to facilitate encounter. Receives specimens, verifies proper patient identification on specimens, requisition and associated documentation. Reviews documentation to ensure for adequate and accurate information. Enters patient and specimen information into the Epic Beaker and generates a unique accession number, for the specimen/requisition labels, and tissue cassettes. Assigns each specimen to the correct fellow and Attending Pathologist. Is responsible for ensuring each specimen is given to the correct fellow in a timely manner. Investigates, corrects, and documents discrepant/problem specimens to ensure the highest quality and patient safety as described in departmental procedures. Responsible for the accurate and timely transcription and billing of Pathology diagnostic work. Has a knowledge of Pathology CPT coding to apply correct billing of basic procedure codes. Demonstrates a clear understanding of the billing rules to correctly code/bill routine technical and professional fee work. Responsible for quality assurance by verification of patient demographics. Responsible for the cataloguing and maintaining an extensive archival collection of materials, including microscopic slides, paraffin blocks, and permanent save wet tissue. Ensures a clean, orderly laboratory and archival area. Responsible for delivering materials to specified location as requested. Maybe required to perform other clerical support duties as assigned.

Salary Range: Minimum 17.11/hour - Maximum 28.26/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

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