Histotechnician II

About The Job

Working hours for this role are 8pm - 4:30am, Monday - Friday.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepares individual work area, sets up all equipment/utensils, and cuts stains mounts specimens of human tissue including bone tissue following bone decalcification.
• Prepares paraffin sections of tissues; recognizes various technical problems related to tissue sectioning; takes appropriate corrective action.
• Evaluates and cuts specimens for histology processing.
• Performs a wide variety of routine and special stains and techniques on surgical and autopsy pathology case material; recognizes factors that affect staining aspects; assesses adequacy of staining sectioning by review and assessment of quality control slides; takes corrective action to improve stain results where necessary and notifies supervisor of quality control problems.
• Completes pathologist requests for additional levels of tissue specimens. Recuts tissue specimens as needed to complete studies.
• Aids in the preparation of frozen sections. Provides direction in the preparation of decalcified bone tissue.
• Takes appropriate steps to resolve customer service problems according to established department protocol.
• Manages section QC/QA and addresses section maintenance needs as needed.
• Troubleshoots instrumentation and performs routine preventive maintenance on instruments as needed.
• Covers slides once stained and immediately distributes stained specimen to pathologist or other designated personnel.
• Performs send out testing to reference laboratories and shared testing to other MedStar hospitals.
• Maintains a minimal pending log and mails reports as needed.
• Performs CAP proficiency testing and assess results.
• Changes solutions for histology laboratory on a regular basis.
• Serves as an inspector for internal CAP inspections or participates in inspection preparedness.

Minimal Qualifications

• Education: Associate's degree or Higher-level degree or equivalent training such as completion of an accredited program in Histotechnology 60 semester credit hours including 12 hours of biology or chemistry is required.
• Experience: 3 or more years of experience, preferred.
• Licenses and Certifications: ASCP - American Society of Clinical Pathologist ASCP Certification as a Histotechnician or eligibility is required.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic computer skills required.
• Considerable and current knowledge of principles methods and techniques of clinical laboratory science.
• Ability to apply technical knowledge with accuracy in the completion of complex tests.
• Problem solving capability with the ability to assess accuracy of results.

Pay

This position has a hiring range of USD $29.73 - USD $53.49 /Hr.