| Job Description | | Manages all aspects of the day to day departmental activities such as technical and administrative operations Quality Controls Quality Assurance and ensures compliance with all regulatory guidelines inventory control workload volume maintains safety and biohazardous standards Conducts safety round with appropriate personnel Serves as departmental photographer
Responsibilities- Establish and maintain positive relationships with patients visitors and other employees Interacts professionally courteously and appropriately with patients visitors and other employees Behaves in a manner consistent with maintaining and furthering a positive public perception of BronxCare Health System and its employee
- Contributes to and participates in the PerformanceQuality Improvement activities of the assigned department Contribution and participation includes data collection analysis implementation of and compliance with risk management and claims activities support of and participation in Continuous Quality Improvement CQI teams consistent adherence to the specific rules and regulations of the BronxCare Health System39s a Safety and Security Policies b Risk Management Incident and Occurrence Reporting c Infection Control Policies and Procedures and d Patient and Customer Service
- Ensures that the inventory of all flammable and volatile material does not exceed prescribed quantities and are stored appropriately safety cabinets and containers
- Gives inservice safety and fire preventionfireresponse lectures and presentations to all Pathology Sections including proper use of Fire Extinguisher
- Conducts Safety Rounds
- Ensure laboratory compliance with standards and regulations related to the disposal of infectious waste materials
- Ensures compliance with OSHA Blood Borne Pathogen regulations
- Supervises the activities of the section39s technical and clerical staff
- Introduces new methodologies and new staining techniques
- Provide departmental institutional orientation to new employee
- Oversees the section39s Quality Control Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement programs
- Evaluates supplies proposals for instruments equipment and reagents
- Maintains adequate inventory of supplies and reagents for both histology and photographic needs
- Scheduled and monitors the attendance of Histology personnel
- Processes film develops and mounts Ektachrome slides and prints as needed to support the Department of Pathology39s internal and external educational presentations
- Utilizes available and procures appropriate computer software programs to assist in the generation of educational presentations
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