City/State: Bronx, New York
Grant Funded: No
Department: Path - Surgical Pathology Lab
Work Shift: Day
Work Days: MON-FRI
Scheduled Hours: 8 PM-4:30 AM
Scheduled Daily Hours: 7.5 HOURS
Pay Range: $152,000.00-$190,000.00
Montefiore Medical Center''s Division of Clinical Pathology is responsible for the laboratory testing of blood, urine, and body fluids for disease diagnosis and health maintenance. Utilizing the latest advances in computer technology, the Division maintains millions of dollars of state-of-the-art automated equipment at its laboratory sites.
The Pathology Assistant Supervisor will manage the surgical pathology grossing room and autopsy personnel, and oversee the surgical pathology and autopsy laboratory technical operations across multiple sites while functioning as a pathologist''s assistant.
Essential Functions: • Oversee daily cutting room and autopsy service functions with participation in workflow. Manage staffing needs by site, interface with clinical staff, troubleshoot workflow problems including specimen labeling, accessioning, grossing procedures, frozen sections, packing and transport of cassettes to the histology lab and other courier issues • Train and evaluate staff, including residents, Pathologist''s Assistants, Lab Technologists and Technicians and Accessioners in tissue procurement for special clinical studies (e.g. immunofluorescence and electron microscopy, flow cytometry, cytogenetics) or IRB-approved research and clinical trials • Schedule staff, including multi-site coverage, vacations, CME time, emergency or other changes on short notice, per diem scheduling • Maintain regulatory compliance, coordinate with other Pathology Managers and Administrators, Surgical Pathology cutting room and Autopsy Policy and Procedure manuals • Maintain Consumables Inventory, including purchasing replacement supplies and reagents • Decide on new equipment purchase or lease and maintain equipment • Oversee specimen inventory storage, retrieval and disposal • Quality management of lab improvement and workflow optimization measures, documentation and correction of quality issues
Qualifications: • Master's degree required • 5 years work experience as a Pathologists Assistant • State of New York Pathologist Assistant License and ASCP Pathologist Assistant certification required • Must have experience with Gross anatomy, basic pathophysiology and clinical findings of diseases encountered in surgical and autopsy pathology, gross features of abnormalities encountered in surgical and autopsy pathology, dissection techniques for tissue and organ specimens with disease submitted to pathology, methods for selection of tissue to be processed into slides in the histology lab or for frozen sections (intraoperative consultations), digital photography techniques, performance of frozen sections including freezing, cryomicrotomy and staining, principles of tissue-based technology, including histology, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, cyto-and molecular genetics, handling of small and delicate tissue specimens, snap freezing techniques, basic chemistry techniques including weighing solids and measuring liquids, making simple solutions, chemical, biological, and mechanical safety training • Experience with Surgical dissection and cutting instruments including those for very small specimens, bone and autopsy saws (e.g. Stryker, band or table saws), chemistry equipment such as graduated cylinders, pipettes, macro- and micro- weighing scales, dissecting microscope, cryomicrotome and associated frozen section equipment, manual staining setup, snap freezing equipment (liquid nitrogen and/or isopentane based), desktop computer laboratory information software (Epic Beaker as of 2019), clinical system software (clinical Epic), voice recognition software for dictation, computer-interfaced label, cassette, and slide printers, digital camera for specimen photography, label maker for photograph labels • Experience with tissue dissection in surgical pathology, recognition of pathologic lesions, selection of tissue for histology, performance of a complete autopsy, including tissue selection for histology and summarizing clinically relevant findings, correct operation of all equipment used in surgical pathology cutting rooms and autopsy suites required
The standard hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.
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As the academic medical center and University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center is nationally recognized for clinical excellence—breaking new ground in research, training the next generation of healthcare leaders, and delivering science-driven, patient-centered care.
Montefiore is ranked among the top hospitals nationally and regionally by U.S. News & World Report. For more than 100 years we have been innovating new treatments, new procedures and new approaches to patient care, producing stellar outcomes and raising the bar for medical centers in the region and around the world. As we build on this momentum, we continue to advance the practice of medicine and set the standard for excellence.
The mission of Montefiore is to heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve.
From its beginning in 1884, as a facility for the care of patients with tuberculosis and other chronic illnesses, to the new millennium, Montefiore has been at the forefront of patient care, research and education and steadfast commitment to its community.
We provide coordinated, compassionate and leading-edge care designed to reach people when and where they need it most. Through highly integrated teams of physicians, nurses, social workers, mental health professionals and other caregivers, we have created an innovative, seamless system of care focused around the patient.
At the intersection of Einstein science and Montefiore medicine is our commitment to scientific inquiry. This commitment has resulted in the creation of the Montefiore-Einstein Centers of Excellence in cancer care, cardiovascular services, transplantation and children’s health, where nationally recognized investigators and multidisciplinary clinical teams collaborate to develop and deliver advanced, innovative care.
We offer advanced, multidisciplinary care across specialties, delivering one standard of excellence for all. Our interventions are designed to help patients understand and manage their illness, advocate for their health, access the right treatments and receive the vital social support they need to flourish. On multiple fronts, Montefiore is developing more effective and less invasive approaches to complex problems from procedures to repair diseased hearts, protocols to treat complex cancers and medical devices designed to meet the needs of growing children.
With nearly 50 primary care locations throughout the New York metropolitan area, we are focusing on accessible, patient-centered primary and preventive care provided by leading physicians in the areas of family and internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and a team of experts in nursing, health education, nutrition and pharmacy.
Montefiore combines its deep commitment to the community with nationally-renowned expertise to reach people in locations easiest for them. Through Montefiore’s School Health Program (MSHP), Primary Care at Home programs, mobile medical and dental health vans and health education initiatives, Montefiore provides primary care services in non-traditional settings.
Through the formation of highly integrated teams of physicians, nurses, social workers, mental health professionals, care managers and other caregivers, we provide care around the patient, when and where they need it.
Montefiore's partnership with Einstein advances clinical and translational research to accelerate the pace at which new discoveries become the treatments and therapies that benefit patients. Together, the two institutions are among 38 academic medical centers nationwide to be awarded a prestigious Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) by the National Institutes of Health.
The second-largest medical residency program in the country, with 1,251 residents and fellows across 89 programs, Montefiore provides the doctors of tomorrow a unique opportunity for education and training in one of the most diverse urban areas in the country — one where the population is global, the disease burden is high, and the need for quality care is great.
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Since 1996, Montefiore has developed advanced models of care management to help patients, especially those with chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart failure and mental illness, achieve better health and improved wellbeing in a cost effective way. Montefiore goes beyond fragmented fee-for-service payments, assuming total responsibility for the quality and costs of care for some of our sickest patients.
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Our leadership in coordinating care across multiple settings has earned us federal recognition from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization. Montefiore's ACO is one of only 32 organizations in the nation, as well as the only one in New York State, to operate under this new model of providing Medicare beneficiaries with higher quality care, while reducing expenditures through enhanced care coordination.