Supervision of the histology laboratory and administrative assistant personnel, training new staff, performance evaluations, development of new procedures, equipment and reagent evaluation, quality control, slide review with Pathologist, specimen processing, embedding, microtomy, staining, special stains, and gross description of small biopsies.
Compensation
Salary Range: Min $36.50 Mid $45.63 Max $54.75
Responsibilities
Supervise histology laboratory and administrative staff
Train new personnel
Conduct performance evaluations
Develop new procedures and evaluate new equipment and reagents
Recognize abnormal results and troubleshoot instrument problems
Requirements
Associates Degree, HT (ASCP) or eligible
Bachelors Degree, HTL (ASCP) or eligible
MLS (ASCP) with successful completion of Histotechnology training course and HTL (ASCP) certification within two years of hire
Process human tissue and body fluid specimens for microscopic examination and perform histopathological slide production.
Compensation
$25.00 - $42.00 per hour
Responsibilities
Process human tissue and body fluid specimens in preparation for microscopic exam
Perform technical duties related to the production of histopathological slides of surgical specimens
Section the embedded tissue, using a microtome and mount the section properly on a microscope slide
Perform various immunohistochemical tests on formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue sections
Process mounted sections through routine and special staining procedures
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Histology OR a Bachelor’s degree in a Chemical or Biological science, Histology, Clinical Laboratory Science or Medical Technology with 1 year or more of histology experience
The Histology Technician is responsible for preparing slides from tissue samples for the pathologist to review. They are also responsible for prioritizing testing procedures and completing those procedures in an accurate and timely manner while maintaining proper accurate records of all tests done in accordance with established policies, procedures, and regulations.
Compensation
$47,840 – $62,400 annually paid semi-monthly
Responsibilities
Daily cleaning and set up of work area to include instruments, waterbath, microtome, and workbench
Paraffin embedding of routine anatomical (non-Dermatology) Pathology tissue specimens
Ability to produce quality sections of all paraffin embedded routine (no Alopecia's) anatomical Pathology tissue specimens cutting of all 'levels', 'recuts', 're-embeds' and stains
Basic understanding of the H&E stain
Ability to check 'H&E' control for stain quality
Requirements
Associate's degree in biology or related field (Preferred)
Process human tissue and body fluid specimens in preparation for microscopic exam and perform technical duties related to the production of histopathological slides of surgical specimens.
Responsibilities
Process human tissue and body fluid specimens in preparation for microscopic exam
Perform technical duties related to the production of histopathological slides of surgical specimens
Cut a wild array of specimen types
Section the embedded tissue, using a microtome and mount the section properly on a microscope slide
Use IHC and Special Stains
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a Chemical or Biological science, Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Technology
Nice to have: ASCP certification
Nice to have: 2 or more years of experience in histology
Nice to have: 6 months or more experience with IHC and Special Stains
Preparation of both unstained and routine hematoxylin and eosin stained slides from formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue blocks using a microtome, water bath, automated stainer, automated coverslipper, tissue processors, and embedding centers
Determine appropriate block orientation and alignment, knife angles, and settings to obtain representative sections
Maintain specimen integrity through proper identification of samples, slides and folders
Cut frozen sections using a cryostat, stain samples for pathologists to review
Collaborate with in-house pathologists and pathology lab coordinators for slide quality review
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