Pathology Laboratory Assistant
- Location
- Florida Weston Hospital · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Mid-level
- Education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Listed
- 4 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Specimen receiving, identifying, accessioning, processing, transporting, and storing
- Laboratory equipment operation and minor troubleshooting
- Quality assurance activities
- Supply inventory management
- Critical thinking and decisive judgment
- Manual dexterity and visual acuity
Also useful
- Pathology or microbiology lab assistant experience
- Histology experience
- Knowledge of anatomy and medical terminology
- Previous laboratory experience
Job Details
Join Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital’s team of caregivers that remain on the leading edge of technology and education, all while consistently providing patient-centered healthcare. As part of Cleveland Clinic’s Florida region, Weston Hospital is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Florida regions. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
In the Laboratories at Cleveland Clinic, you will find breakthroughs that transform medicine and propel careers. As a member of our Laboratory team, you will perform the diagnostic and consultative services that are the foundation for our world-class care.
Whether operating complex testing equipment or performing mundane, everyday tasks, your work will help us execute more than 20 million tests each year, allowing us to serve more patients than ever before. This role supports a team dedicated to quality. Laboratory Assistants are utilized to the top of our ability while remaining conscious of our accreditation requirements.
In this role you will process samples, perform waived laboratory testing, and direct the workflow within the lab.
A caregiver in this role works a day/evening rotation from 10:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
A caregiver who excels in this role will
- Perform various laboratory procedures.
- Assist with receiving, identifying, accessioning, processing, transporting, and storing specimens.
- Operate laboratory equipment and performs routine instrument maintenance, trouble shooting and minor repairs.
- Perform Quality Assurance activities.
- Maintain adequate stock of supplies; performs inventory management of transporting and distributing supplies.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include
- High School Diploma or GED
- Completion of three months of on-the-job training to learn department laboratory procedures, instrumentation and Cleveland Clinic policies
- Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision
- Ability to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include
- Pathology or microbiology lab assistant background
- Previous experience in a lab
- Histology experience
- Knowledge of anatomy and medical terminology
Physical Requirements
- Requires manual dexterity and visual acuity when handling specimens and utilizing instrumentation.
- Ability to safely handle potentially infectious patient specimens, carcinogenic substances, odorous and other hazardous materials to which they may be exposed.
- Requires frequent sitting or standing.
Personal Protective Equipment
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Additional information
Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.
If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration:
Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster.
Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.
About Cleveland Clinic
At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.
We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.
- Job Title
- Pathology Laboratory Assistant
- Location
- Weston
- Facility
- Florida Weston Hospital
- Department
- Pathology-Weston Hospital
- Job Code
- 000296
- Shift
- Day/Evening Rotation
- Schedule
- 10:30am-7:00pm
Equal opportunity and legal notices
The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.
Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.
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