Histology Technician

Job Description

Job Summary:

• Under limited supervision performs routine techniques on surgical, autopsy, and research tissue according to standardized procedures.
• Operates and maintains laboratory instruments and equipment required to perform analysis.

Principle Duties And Responsibilities:

• Cuts surgical, autopsy, research and neuropathology tissue using a rotary microtome.
• Embeds surgical, autopsy, research, and neuropathology tissue.
• Stains, coverslips and labels surgical, autopsy, research and neuropathology tissue.
• Under supervision, performs special stains according to standardized procedures.
• Maintains all equipment and instruments.
• May demonstrate work to help onboard others.
• Mixes and maintains all solutions including stains and special fixatives.
• Maintains and records all QC, CAP, QA instrument function and maintenance records.
• Maintains a current inventory of all reagents and supplies.
• Adheres to Standard Work for all job duties and reports deviations for correction.
• Participates in data collection and quality improvement efforts.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Required Education:

• Completion of an Associate’s Degree with coursework in Anatomy, Biology, and/or Chemistry.
• Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree program in medical technology, medical laboratory sciences, clinical laboratory sciences, Chemistry, Microbiology, or Biology.
• A High School Diploma or G.E.D. with two years of relevant laboratory experience in a work, academic, or volunteer capacity.
• Coursework completed outside of the US must be verified as by a client approved credential evaluation service.

Certifications & Licenses:

• HT(ASCP) certification preferred.
• ASCP Certification (American Society for Clinical Pathology).

Required Skills & Experience:

• Vision Near Acuity: Ability to see clearly at 20 inches or less.
• Depth Perception: Ability to judge distance and space relationships.
• Accommodation: Ability to adjust vision to bring objects into focus.
• Color Vision: Ability to distinguish and identify different colors necessary to perform job functions.

Schedule Hours Per Week: 40.00
Schedule Hours Per Day: 8.00
Schedule Days Per Week: 5.00