Histology Assistant

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Histology Assistant
Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day.

A Brief Overview
The Histology Assistant will perform duties in the histology and cytology sections of the Lab to include, but not limited, accessioning specimens, equipment and reagent management, registering specimens, preparing mail-outs, cytology specimen preparation, and picking-up specimens from the Operating Room, Main Lab or other locations. The Histology Assistant will also file and retrieve slides/blocks and assist pathologists and pathology assistants as necessary. This summary includes the essential function of the position; there may be other job-related instructions as requested by the supervisors and other duties as assigned all requiring exemplary attention to detail and core customer service skills.

What you will do

• Check specimen I.D. for match with requisition

• Assign correct accession # to specimens logged into Histology

• Select the correct processing schedule for each processing run. Incorporating appropriate delay programs for weekend and holiday operations.

• Follow proper protocol in changing the reagents and wax on the tissue processors.

• Selected and sequenced the chemical solutions required to perform the H&E stain. Performed appropriate solution preparation and maintenance of these solutions to insure consistent staining results

• Set up and monitor any automated slide stainer to insure maximum slide throughput

• Process non-gyn specimens

• Always maintain the work area for frozen sections and set-up to minimize specimen prep time and the cryostat was always maintained in a “ready” status.

• Assist pathologist and associated staff with FNA process

Education Qualifications

• High School Diploma Required

Experience Qualifications

• Previous experience as a histology assistant Preferred

• Lab Informatics System or EMR experience Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated excellence in core value customer service skills required

• Strong PC skills required

• Precise attention to details and clerical accuracy required

• Positive criminal and motor vehicle background checks results indicate a strong level of community responsibility required.

Physical Demand
Light-Medium Physical Demand
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a contract for employment nor a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.