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Pathologists’ Assistant Supervisor, Anatomical Pathology – Provincial Medicine Laboratory Services (PLMS) Jobs in Vancouver, British Columbia at PHSA
Pathologists’ Assistant Supervisor, Anatomical Pathology
Provincial Medicine Laboratory Services
Vancouver, BC
What you’ll do
Supervise staff by performing duties such as coordinating the day-to-day work activities and prioritization of activities organizes and implements orientation and training programs for new staff and students.
Supervise technical grossing activities within the Gross Room to bench Prosectionists and grossing technologists and provides oversight and assistance to grossing staff for:
o Grossing and dictation of surgical, and biopsy tissue specimens.
o Preparing tissues for microscopic examination for intraoperative consultation.
o Responsible to create, evaluate and implement new procedures/processes, equipment and instrumentation, dissection techniques and to ensure staff is instructed in their use.
o Maintaining extensive knowledge in dissection and dictation techniques/procedures and laboratory operation in order to evaluate, recommend and/or implement change.
o Assuring appropriate specimen accessioning and preparation.
o Gathering and organize pertinent clinical information and history including x-rays, scans, reports, operative records, photographs, laboratory testing results.
o Data entry into Laboratory Information System and generation of reports/labels including accession labels, worksheets, reports, logs.
o Performing technical gross dissection of all specimen types and complexities (L4E Levels I to VI).
o Preparing specimens for special procedures and referred out testing such as lymphoma protocol, cytogenetic studies, immunofluorescence and flow cytometry as required.
o Performing specimen photography, mapping sections and generating diagrams when appropriate.
o Maintenance of Gross Room protocols/procedures, reports and data.
o Assuring proper maintenance of equipment and adequate volume of supplies.
o Maintaining a clean and disinfected technical work area and related instrumentation according to established guidelines.
o Managing proper storage and disposal of biological specimens.
o Ensuring resolution of technical problems referred by staff.
o Meet with sales and technical representatives as requested.
o Ensuring Gross Room compliance with requirements for accurate and thoroughly documented quality control, quality assurance, instrument maintenance and service records, investigating and following up on quality measures/monitors.
Supervise the technical functions within the Morgue including specimen handling, dissections, staff and resident training and evaluation as well as quality control/improvement programs and provides oversight and assistance to morgue staff for:
o Verifying proper legal authorization for autopsy.
o Assuring proper transport, completeness of documentation and identification of decedents entering and leaving the morgue.
o Preparing the morgue suite and required tools, instrumentation and sample containers for post mortem examination.
o Performing adult and pediatric post-mortem examinations including: external examinations, in-situ organ inspection, evisceration, dissection and dictation as required.
o Obtaining biological specimens such as blood tissue and toxicological fluids/materials.
o Performing special autopsy techniques such as spinal cord removal as required.
o Assisting the pathologist and/or residents throughout the autopsy.
o Proper cleaning and disinfection of the morgue and related instrum…
Title: Pathologists’ Assistant Supervisor, Anatomical Pathology – Provincial Medicine Laboratory Services (PLMS)
Company: PHSA
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
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