Pathology Assistant/Receptionist – Trumbull Regional Medical Center

We are fighting for a healthier world and a new era of wellness!

Nearly a decade ago, we set out to build an entirely different kind of health care company from the ground up—one that unlocks access to affordable, high-quality, and economically sustainable care and wellness in ways never imagined. Today, we are one of the largest private, physician-led health care networks—caring for millions of people across the U.S. Our transformative, fully integrated model represents a new beginning for America’s health care system and others around the world.

We have hospitals across 7 states serving over 800 communities, with more than 43,000 employees. We are ushering in a new day of world class health care. From renowned pediatricians, sports medicine specialists and cardiac surgeons to state-of-the-art hospitals, urgent care centers and medical practices, we can offer easier access to high-quality affordable health care to people nationwide — when they need it and where they want it.

At Trumbull Regional Medical Center, we are committed to improving the health of our communities by delivering exceptional, personalized behavioral health care with dignity, compassion and respect. Our continued focus on the patient experience informs our caregivers in how to provide care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient and family preferences, needs and values.

Benefits:

• Grow with a health system that supports career advancement
• Competitive Pay & Salary Increases
• Employee Referral Program
• Locations close to home, that support work-life balance
• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage*
• 401k via Fidelity, for eligible employees*
• Tuition Assistance / Reimbursement*
• Family atmosphere and team approach that provides flexibility
• Opportunities to grow your career, and not change your employer
• And much more!

• For eligible employees

Summary:

Responsible to Trumbull Regional Medical Center for supporting the corporate mission, vision and values. Responsible to the Laboratory for performing all job duties of receptionist. Responsible to the customer for courteous, accurate, timely service.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school graduate or GED with related experience or training in medical terminology and keyboard entry skills. After orientation, up to three month’s experience on this job is required to perform essential functions.
• Previous experience with office equipment and secretarial duties preferred.

Job Responsibilities, including, but not limited to:

• Greets outpatients, processes requests by physicians for laboratory tests, clarifies orders, and obtains necessary demographic information for registration. Orders test requests received from inpatient and outpatient locations. Verifies specimens and labels such specimens assuring proper patient identification.
• Retrieves results from electronic medical record and faxes reports to physicians as requested. Reports laboratory results by telephone to outpatient and inpatient locations. Distributes reports as necessary, files requisitions, and maintains records.
• Register patients, obtains accurate guarantor information and all patient demographic information, and activates patient visits.
• Answers incoming telephone calls in a courteous, professional manner, routes requests, and transfers and receives messages and assures they are properly routed. Assists in record review for billing audits, provides requested information to Medical Records to complete submission of diagnostic codes. Oversees and organizes laboratory records (scripts, reports, requisitions) for accreditation purposes.
• Completes accessions and logs surgical specimens maintaining proper specimen identification and assuring completeness of all test requisitions. Prepares gross histology work station assuring instruments, supplies, and fixatives are available for the workday. Assists pathologist in performance of frozen section examination of surgical specimens. May weigh or measure specimens submitted. Disposes of processed tissues, sorts and files blocks. May retrieve specimens or blocks for referral to other laboratories.
• Operates equipment used in recycling histologic solvents. May assist in autopsy maintaining autopsy suite. Maintains clean work area.
• Collects, cleans, sterilizes, and distributes glassware and pipettes according to established cleaning procedures.
• Orders and stocks phlebotomy supplies and general use/utility items such as gloves, paper products, soap, and housekeeping supplies. Operates dishwasher, autoclave, oven, pipette washer and general equipment for cleaning purposes. Sorts and files slide blocks for histology.
• Delivers collected and properly identified specimens to appropriate testing area. Performs other duties as assigned.

The above statements reflect the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all the work assignments that may be inherent in the job.

Steward Health Care is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Steward Health Care does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or any other non-job-related characteristic.