Anatomical Assistant, Morgue, Per Diem
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Anatomical Assistant, Morgue, Per Diem

UMass Memorial Health Care

Location: Worcester,MA, USA

Date: 2024-11-25T20:40:14Z

Job Description:

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Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Schedule Details:

Monday through Friday, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)

Scheduled Hours:

7:00 am - 3:30 pm, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Shift:

4 - Mixed Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

0

Cost Center:

10010 - 3150 ANPA Path Assistants

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Responsible for receiving and accessioning anatomic pathology specimens and performing other routine technical procedures and general laboratory maintenance. Responsible for performance of hospital autopsies and daily morgue maintenance.

Major Responsibilities:

* Receives specimens from couriers, read manifests to verify appropriate count. Goes to O.R. or certain clinics if deemed necessary to pick up specimens.

* Logs and assigns accession numbers to specimens and requisitions that are received. Print tissue cassettes for each specimen received.

* Fill out a log for which specimens are received and how many cassettes are made.

* Triages specimens to large side and small side accordingly.

* Answer telephone and troubleshoot registration, specimen and labeling problems.

Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

* High school graduate

Preferred:

* 1 year of undergraduate course work in the biological, forensic sciences, mortuary science, or other medical certification program

Experience/Skills:

Required:

* 3 years experience in a laboratory or related discipline; or a combination of relevant course work and work experience.

* Basic knowledge of human anatomy and medical terminology

* Ability to lift/move bodies with assistance of mechanical lift

* Basic computer skills

* Strong communication skills

* 1-2 years of autopsy experience

Preferred:

* Experience in a hospital pathology lab, morgue, or funeral home

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at ...@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

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