PATHOLOGIST ASSISTANT

Job Summary

The Pathologists Assistant will perform various tasks within the Montefiore Medical Center's Division of Clinical Pathology, including accessioning surgical specimens, gross description and submission of tissue biopsies, and assisting in intraoperative consultation.

Responsibilities

• Perform established departmental procedures of Anatomic Pathology in proper and accurate accessioning of surgical specimens received in Surgical Pathology into the Epic Beaker Laboratory information system.
• Gross description and submitting appropriate tissue sections from large, complicated surgical specimens for proper histologic diagnostic examination.
• Preparing and cutting tissue samples for frozen sections at 5 μ (microns) in a cryostat.
• Stain routine Hematoxylin/Eosin.
• Perform all routine work, quality control to ensure high standards in the laboratory.
• Process requests from pathology residents and Attending to ensure that work order is complete.
• Procurement of all fresh tissue samples for research and/or specialized studies (Cytogenetics, flow cytometry, EM, etc).
• Organizing/ storage and retrieval of surgical specimens until discarding.
• Using a voice recognition application, dictate the gross examination of all types of specimen.
• Knowledge of specimen rotation and retrieval methods in the cutting room and storage facilities.
• Participation and assisting in organ evisceration and brain removal in autopsy cases.
• Proper disposal of tissue and chemical waste in the cutting room and histology.
• When necessary, able to train other staff on cutting room procedures.
• When needed, assist in autopsy cases.

Qualifications

• State of New York License for Pathologist Assistant required.
• Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s Degree preferred.
• Some knowledge in Histology and Immunopathology procedures preferred.
• Cryo-rotary Microtome (Leica, Microm, Tissue-Tek).
• Laboratory Information System: Epic Beaker.
• Scales (Electronic and Manual).
• Microwave.
• Graduate cylinder.
• Standard autopsy saw (Stryker autopsy saw).
• Surgical instruments (scissors, scalpel blades and handle, probes, forceps, etc.).
• Gross dissecting microscope.
• Dictation equipment.
• Cassette labeling machine.
• Knowledge of the policies and procedures for all Surgical Cutting Room techniques.
• Knowledge of the policies and procedures for all Autopsy techniques.
• Knowledge of proper operation of all equipment used in Surgical Cutting Room and autopsy suite.

Pay & Schedule

Pay Range: $120,000.00-$150,000.00

Scheduled Hours: 10 AM-6 PM, Scheduled Daily Hours: 7.5 HOURS

Benefits

Montefiore Medical Center offers a $10,000.00 sign on bonus for the selected applicant.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer.