Laboratory Aide

**NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island** is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center, which offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. We are a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. _For more information, go to _nyulangone.org_, 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 Laboratory Aide - Perlmutter Cancer Center - Lake Success.

**Responsibilities**:

- Determines the priority of work to ensure rapid turn around of critical test results. Maintains accurate and timelydatabase entry via the Laboratory Information System in use. Performs only those tests that are authorized by the Laboratory Supervisor and requires a degree of skill commensurate with the individual's education, training or experience, and technical abilities.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Reviews the Policy and Procedure, Safety, and Infection Control manuals as required. Maintains a clean,efficient, and safe work area, contributes to the team effort, exhibits flexibility and adaptability to change, unexpected circumstances and wide spectrum of laboratory situations. Cooperates with coworkers and managers to maintain a productive and harmonious work environment. Adheres to attendance and dress code standards.
- Attends section meetings and/or in-service training sessions that communicate changes in laboratory practicesand/or regulations and compliance as required or reads and initials meeting minutes if attendance is not possible. Maintains an awareness of implementation or changes in policies by reading written and/or electroniccommunications, postings and protocols. The Lab Aide may be asked to participate in quality assurance and/orlOP projects as designated by the Coordinator of Laboratory Services or Supervisor Laboratory Technologist
- Performs certain phases of testing by both manual and automated methods, which require neither decisions norquantitative measurement. Prepares and operates laboratory instruments with mechanical or digital readouts of test results. Recognizes direct causes (technical and instrumental) of problems and reports them to a licensed technologist. Operates and maintains laboratory equipment such as centrifuges, refrigerators, freezers, heat blocks. Forwards test results for verification by licensed personnel using established procedures for manual and electronic data management. Prepares and stains slides of body fluids. Cleans and maintains laboratory glassware and equipment. Reports test results to appropriate individuals following policies in compliance with HIPPA regulations. Responds to general and problem inquiries concerning test requests/results and operational aspects of clinical testing.
- Under the direct and constant supervision of a licensed Medical Technologist, and using approved proceduresand protocols, assists in performance of routine laboratory tests in compliance with the laws and regulations.
- Collects, prepares, separates, aliquots, labels, and distributes specimens for in house and outside laboratorytesting following established procedures. Stores and maintains specimens for prescribed times and disposes of them according to approved safety protocols. Identifies patients by strict adherence to established procedures and consistently labels samples accurately and completely and maintains a clean, well-stocked outpatient phlebotomy area.
- The Lab Aide may be asked to assist in the orientation and training of new employees. Receives, processes,and distributes laboratory specimens and test requisitions. Verifies specimen identification, assesses appropriateness of test orders and quality of the specimen by recognizing factors that affect procedures and results, and takes appropriate action within predetermined limits when corrections are indicated. Logs patient demographic data, specimen collection information, and test orders using established procedures for manual and electronic data management.
- Performs waived or fully automated moderate complexity testing must follow the laboratory's procedures forspecimen identification, handling and processing, test analyses, reporting and maintaining records of patient test results; identifies problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and either must correct the problems or immediately notify the supervisor or Coordinator. Documents all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from t