Lab Technician

Dermatology Partners is a dermatology group with locations in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. Our core values—Grow Together, Seize Opportunity from Struggle, Outcome Over Ego, Commitment to Serve, and Do The Right Thing—are the foundation for everything we do as an organization.

About the role

We have a state-of-the-art in-house histopathology lab. Our dedicated team is growing, offering a great opportunity for the ideal candidate to gain experience and grow their career with our company. The Lab Technician plays a key role in training and acclimating new staff, helps create the culture of Dermatology Partners by being polite, friendly, and helpful to patients and team members, and presents in a professional appearance and manner. There are no supervisory responsibilities unless assigned by the appropriate Manager. The Lab Technician reports to the Lab Manager.

Responsibilities

• Accessioning specimens in a timely and accurate manner
• Preparing slides for transport with courier
• Filing and pulling slides as requested
• Performing gross dissection/examination for select uncomplicated or wholly submitted or bisected skin specimens
• Performing microtomy on various tissue types, including very small biopsies
• Accurate and timely preparation and staining of histology specimens under both routine and STAT (frozen section, Mohs surgery) conditions
• Ensuring safe and non-traumatic specimen handling with critical concern for specimen quality
• Controlling contaminated or potentially dangerous specimens in accordance with accreditation agency requirements
• Preparing slides with concern for specimen quality given the procedures to be used for test or examination
• Ensuring equipment is operated according to manufacturer’s instructions, maintained properly, and supplies are adequate
• Maintaining accurate records for quality control, quality assurance, and patient data
• Assisting with data entry of patient demographics into EMR/Billing Systems
• Processing pathology billing
• Sorting incoming deliveries and mail and routing to the appropriate contact
• Maintaining laboratory logs
• Cleaning laboratory to limit cross-contamination
• Other duties as deemed necessary

Benefits

• No nights or weekends
• Growth opportunities
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• PTO and paid holidays
• 401(k) with 4% employee match—fully vested from day one
• Company-paid life insurance
• Options for additional life insurance, short- and long-term disability, critical illness, and accident insurance
• Employee discount
• Referral bonus
• Employee Appreciation Day: Dorney Park in the fall
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)