What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pathology Attendant (Per Diem, Evenings) - Einstein Philadelphia position at Jefferson Health?
Job Details
Under the supervision of the Histology Laboratory within Anatomic Pathology, the morgue attendant performs duties connected with the morgue, autopsies, specimens, and reagents as defined below.
Job Description
Essential Functions:
Education: High School Diploma Required or equivalent AND Experience: On the job training and knowledge of medical terminology
Work Shift
Rotating (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Primary Location Address
5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
Under the supervision of the Histology Laboratory within Anatomic Pathology, the morgue attendant performs duties connected with the morgue, autopsies, specimens, and reagents as defined below.
Job Description
Essential Functions:
- Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
- Takes inventory of the patients in the morgue and e-mails to appropriate personnel. Picks up deceased patients and delivers them to the morgue. Logs patients in and out in the morgue inventory book, noting patient’s name, date, time in, time out and Funeral Home. Monitors Morgue temperature.
- Confirms required autopsy paperwork is completed at designated enterprise sites. Delivers virtopsy patients to X-Ray, CT, MRI, and Ultrasound, as needed. Performs autopsy evisceration. Prepares patients for release to funeral homes. Cleans and disinfects the morgue. Discards autopsy tissue and morgue waste, which requires prepping separate biohazard boxes, filling with waste properly sealing and arranging for pick-up for off-site disposal.
- Delivers and set-up patients in viewing room for family viewing. Acts as point of contact for funeral homes, family members of the deceased, Social Work and Medical Records personnel. Sharpens surgical instruments including scissors and knives.
- Empties surgical specimen shelves and discards tissues. Cleans frozen section stain set-up. Changes reagents in the processor (s). Refills gross benches with formalin and empties/neutralizes waste formalin as needed. Recycles alcohol. Refills and troubleshoots cassette printer as needed. Maintains inventory of gross room and morgue supplies. Maintains temperature chart/graph for Morgue(s).
- Performs other related duties deemed necessary by supervisory personnel.
- Duties may vary by location.
Education: High School Diploma Required or equivalent AND Experience: On the job training and knowledge of medical terminology
Work Shift
Rotating (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Primary Location Address
5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
