Pathologist Assistant

About the role

This position is open to internal caregivers, students, or contingent workers/agency workers at UMass Memorial Health. To apply, click here using your Workday account.

Responsibilities

• Performs gross surgical pathology functions including dissection, examination and gross dictation of large and small surgical specimens, performance of frozen sections photomicrography of cytological and histological preparations, and gross photography.
• Selects and submits tissue sections for microscopic examination, i.e. frozen and pertinent sections for light, electron and immunofluorescence microscopy, tumor bank and special studies.
• Maintain tumor bank specimens.
• Aids in the training and teaching of residents and post-sophomore fellows in the performance of surgical and decedent pathology functions, including dictation, dictation, performance of frozen sections, and photography.
• Assists in human post-mortem examinations including review of the patients' chart with the resident, diening external examination, in situ organ inspection, dissection, demonstration of findings to supervising pathologist, selection and submission of tissue sections for microscopic and cytological studies.
• Assists in Quality Assurance. Responsible for procurement and graphing of data for prospective, retrospective and slide conference reviews, random reviews, and frozen section discrepancies.
• Attends liver biopsies and other selected biopsies as indicated for the purpose of triaging the specimen for diagnostic and research purposes.
• Delivers all specimens to their final destination in the STAT and various research labs.
• Oversees and assists in the general accessioning and logging in of surgical specimens.
• Aids the pathologist in a variety of tasks.

Requirements

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in appropriate field of study.
• Certification as a Pathologist Assistant from a program approved by the American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree as a Pathologist Assistant.

Qualifications

• License/Certification/Education: Required Bachelor’s degree in appropriate field of study. Preferred Master’s degree as a Pathologist Assistant. Certification as a Pathologist Assistant from a program approved by the American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants.

Skills

N/A

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$79,164.80 - $142,480.00. The final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule

Monday through Friday. Scheduled Hours: PA will rotate campuses, usually weekly. Shifts range from 8a-4:30pm to 10a-6:30pm. Shift 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America) Hours: 40