CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 
Minimum Qualifications:High School graduate or equivalent pass type 30 words per minute plus computer skills. Ability to read, write and understand verbal and written instructions. Basic computer skills
Demonstrates Competency in the Following Areas:
Provide services to patients of all ages within compliance regulations.  Communicate appropriately with the public, visitors, physicians, patients and other employees, including courteous, professional telephone etiquette.   This position is accountable for the coordination of laboratory’s front office, phones calls, receiving specimens, logging into LIS, bar-coding, taking specimens to appropriate work area.  Responsible for the work flow of front office.  Maintain an orderly work flow in a timely and accurate manner within the required quality control program to ensure quality patient care in a “high-touch” manner.  Performs clerical duties, charting, processes specimens for reference labs, tracking and packing of specimens.  Contact nursing service of recollections and take clinic specimens to out- patient for hospital number.  Order supplies from reference labs.  Operate copier, typing for department, audits, sorts, files, lists and logs. Maintenance of all office equipment.  Accountable for smooth office operation.  Logging of morgue. Good communication skills. Ten hours of continued education each year. 
A.  Professional Requirements: Process, file, sort & chart reports and forms.  Typing as required. Receives, logs, bar-code, and transport specimens to appropriate work areas. Notifies nursing service of recollections and reprints request to floors. Assist anyone who comes to the front counter or in the office area. Mails, sorts, and responsible for picking up and delivering to mail room. Answers telephone and take messages, place phone calls for pathologist, techs and director. Accurate computer data entry, including downtime orders, results, and acknowledgments. Checks specimens brought to lab, bar-code, log, and take to appropriate work area. Processes specimens for reference lab, packing, and recording. Charts pathology reports to floors.  Takes specimens to out-patient for hospital numbers. Assist nursing service, doctors, clinics, etc. in locating lab work, ordering and requirements           of lab testing.  Ensures specimen labeling.  Fills out reportable events and other reporting as needed.        Make copies or sends through Cerner test results for physicians, patient, or other hospital areas. Take specimens to patient upon request, i.e., gallbladder stones, etc., SNOP pathology cases. Maintains morgue log book. Must be able to use computer systems. Maintain copier, fax, phone and computer. Must use excellent communication skills and maintain 10 hours continue education.. Inventory and order supplies for office and reference labs. Fax or sends reports to providers. Reports any problems to Medical Secretary.  Helps in training new office personnel  
B.    Specific Age Groups Served: All age groups. C.  Exposure Classifications: Classification I:  Jobs in which required tasks routinely involve a potential for mucous membranes or skin contact with blood, body fluids, tissues, or potential skills or splashes.  Use of appropriate measures is required for every healthcare provider in these jobs.  
DESCRIPTION FOR PHYSICAL DEMANDS
1-33% Occasional; 34-67% Frequent; 68-100% Continuous
A.  Physical Demands Stand- Frequent Walk- Frequent Sit- Frequent Talk or hear- Continuous Use hands to finger, handle or feel- Continuous Push/Pull- Occasional Reach with hand and arms- Occasional Up to 10 pounds- Occasional Up to 25 pounds- Occasional Up to 50 pounds- Occasional Up to 100 pounds- Occasional More than 100 pounds- Occasional Close Vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)- Continuous Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)- Occasional Color Vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)- Occasional Peripheral Vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or the the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)- Occasional Depth Perception (three-dimensional vision; ability to judge distances and spatial - relationships)- Occasional Ability to Adjust Focus (ability to adjust eye to bring an object into sharp focus)- Frequent Ability to hear alarms on equipment- Continuous Ability to hear client call- Continuous Ability to hear instructions from physician/department staff- Continuous Ability to hear overhead paging system and fire alarms- Occasional B.  Work Environment Work near moving mechanical parts- Continuous Outdoor weather conditions- Occasional Risk of electrical shock- Occasional Risk of radiation- Occasional The typical noise level for the work environment- Moderate Noise C.  Repetitive Motion Actions Repetitive use of foot control – Occasional Repetitive use of hands- Continuous Grasping:  simple/light- Continuous Grasping:  firm/heavy- Continuous Fine Dexterity- Occasiona