Portsmouth Regional Hospital - New Hampshire · 16 hours ago
Administrative Assistant
Portsmouth, NH
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
1+ years expPortsmouth Regional Hospital is a mission-driven healthcare provider dedicated to redefining healthcare excellence. The Administrative Assistant role involves collecting and processing specimens, maintaining logs, and supporting the Pathologist Assistant in various tasks to ensure high-quality patient care.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Collect specimens from multiple locations (OR, SSU, ENDO, Ambulatory Center, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Breast Center and main Laboratory) multiple times throughout the day for processing
Assign accession numbers for each specimen, cytology and surgical, and prepare designated number of cassettes per protocol list designated by specimen type with assigned surgical number for gross inspection and dictation by Pathology Assistant
Research and print patient history from Expanse and/or call provider offices for histories, to accompany slides to the pathologist
Enter patient clinical history and providers into requisitions accurately
Weekly tissue dumps (excessive standing, bending, kneeling, and reaching) and putting signed out specimen containers into large biohazard container for pickup by environmental services
Ability to lift and carry 20 pounds (cases of paper, boxes of pathology liquids, miscellaneous supplies)
Prepare slides, tissue blocks, surgical reports, clinical histories, demographics, and imaging reports for requesting pathology cases to be sent to other Medical facilities for consultation or continuing healthcare treatment (>1000 per year) with accurate demographics and billing information
Maintains organizational performance goals
Prepare slides or paraffin blocks to be sent to referring laboratories for further testing (>1500 per year)
Assist with calling for service or maintenance for cryostat and cassette printer
Evaluate and change frozen section fluids daily/weekly
Maintain accurate and complete logs for all surgical and cytology reports, slides, and blocks sent out to other facilities or physicians
Maintains Quality Assurance program for surgical/cytologic cases sent for consultation or continuing healthcare. Retrieve slides and consultation reports for comparison for hospital Quality Assurance
Assist Pathologist Assistant in staining slides on frozen section specimen
Enter accurate billing codes into Expanse for all pathology specimen
Send weekly peripheral smears, outreach requisitions and demographics, and billing to Med Receivable
Prepare tumor board slides and reports on weekly basis for Breast Tumor Board, General Tumor Board for Parkland and Portsmouth, and for Chest Tumor Conferences
Enter Portsmouth, Frisbie, and Parkland results from outside testing into Expanse, fax reports to providers, and send paperwork to Medical Records
Retrieve specimen from the Morgue and return specimen to the Morgue after evaluation. Remove specimen from Morgue after appropriate disposal time
Purge slides weekly to maintain 10-year retention
Order supplies and provider weekly supply inventory
Deliver formalin/specimen containers to multiple locations throughout the hospital
Order slides and blocks from external histology laboratory to ensure accurate tracking of specimen
Qualification
Required
1 to 3 years clerical experience
High school or GED
Benefits
Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay.
Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
Colleague recognition program
Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
Company
Portsmouth Regional Hospital - New Hampshire
Portsmouth Regional Hospital is a 234-bed acute care hospital located in Portsmouth, NH serving the Seacoast region’s residents in New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Dean Carucci
Chief Executive Officer
Ari Stowell
CVOR Registered Nurse
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