Pathologists' Assistant - Surgical Pathology Lab
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Intro paragraph: "At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together. Duke University Health System Clinical Laboratories Pursue your passion for caring and innovation as a team member in the state-of-the-art Duke Health laboratories. Duke Health laboratories are College of American Pathologists accredited and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certified. The multidisciplinary team is committed to serving the rare and complex testing needs of Duke Health patients by providing timely and accurate results, educating the next generation of laboratorians, scientists and physicians, and researching and developing the cutting-edge diagnostics of tomorrow."
That's about the organization and role. Could be "About the role" or "About Duke Health". We'll use "About the role".
- General Description: "Assist in performance of autopsy and surgical pathology services. Work independently when performing professional duties associated with the preparation, performance, and completion of autopsies, and examination and/or preparations of the surgical pathology specimens, with general supervision of pathologist."
That's part of responsibilities.
- Duties and Responsibilities: a long list of bullet-like sentences separated by semicolons. We need to turn into
- . Each bullet is a duty.
List items:
1. Select and identify tissue for microscopic study; determine proper fixative solutions in which tissue will be maintained.
2. Triage specimen received from surgery; dictate gross findings on selected specimen using appropriate terminology; refer tissue sections for microscopic review by Pathologist or Resident.
3. Maintain records of surgical pathology specimen dissections and dictation; assist in the compilation of reports for surgical pathology; label and store gross tissue specimen.
4. Perform specialized procedures such as frozen sections and decalcification; maintain and coordinate specimen and records for specialized procedures using appropriate protocols; submit request for special histologic procedures and special stains when appropriate.
5. Photograph specimen samples as appropriate for use in instruction and documentation.
6. Perform photomicroscopy on cases considered for interdepartmental conferences or for teaching purposes; maintain complete and accurate records of all gross and microscopic photographs.
7. Assist pathologist with eviscerations, gross anatomic dissection, and in obtaining appropriate sections for microscopic examination; assist in training of techniques and procedures to staff interns and residents.
8. Remove organs, portions of bone, or other samples of tissues for any specialized study or research; collect special materials for toxicological, viral and bacteriological assays.
9. Maintain records; file x-rays; maintain facilities; label and store gross tissue obtained during autopsy; monitor and order supplies.
10. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
We need to split each bullet at semicolons? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Typically each duty is a list item. The original uses semicolons to separate sub-tasks within a duty. We could keep each semicolon-separated piece as separate
- ? But that might over-split. Usually each line before a semicolon is a separate duty. However the posting uses semicolons to separate multiple tasks within a duty. The safest is to treat each sentence ending with a period as a duty. But there are no periods except at end of some lines? Actually the list is a paragraph with semicolons separating items, and ends with a period after "Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein." So we could split by semicolon and treat each as a duty. That yields many items, some are very short like "Photograph specimen samples as appropriate for use in instruction and documentation." That's fine.
Let's split by semicolon (;) and then trim.
The text after "Duties and Responsibilities" colon? It says: "Duties and Responsibilities Select and identify tissue for microscopic study; determine proper fixative solutions in which tissue will be maintained. Triage specimen received from surgery; dictate gross findings on selected specimen using appropriate terminology; refer tissue sections for microscopic review by Pathologist or Resident. Maintain records of surgical pathology specimen dissections and dictation; assist in the compilation of reports for surgical pathology; label and store gross tissue specimen. Perform specialized procedures such as frozen sections and decalcification; maintain and coordinate specimen and records for specialized procedures using appropriate protocols; submit request for special histologic procedures and special stains when appropriate. Photograph specimen samples as appropriate for use in instruction and documentation. Perform photomicroscopy on cases considered for interdepartmental conferences or for teaching purposes; maintain complete and accurate records of all gross and microscopic photographs. Assist pathologist with eviscerations, gross anatomic dissection, and in obtaining appropriate sections for microscopic examination; assist in training of techniques and procedures to staff interns and residents. Remove organs, portions of bone, or other samples of tissues for any specialized study or research; collect special materials for toxicological, viral and bacteriological assays. Maintain records; file x-rays; maintain facilities; label and store gross tissue obtained during autopsy; monitor and order supplies. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein."
We need to split by semicolon and also by period? Actually after each semicolon there is a space and then next item; after some items there is a period (like after "Photograph specimen samples as appropriate for use in instruction and documentation.") then a space then next sentence starts with capital letter. So we can split by both semicolon and period followed by space? Simpler: replace periods with semicolons then split by semicolon, but careful not to create empty items.
Let's manually list items as they appear separated by semicolons or periods:
1. Select and identify tissue for microscopic study
2. determine proper fixative solutions in which tissue will be maintained
3. Triage specimen received from surgery
4. dictate gross findings on selected specimen using appropriate terminology
5. refer tissue sections for microscopic review by Pathologist or Resident
6. Maintain records of surgical pathology specimen dissections and dictation
7. assist in the compilation of reports for surgical pathology
8. label and store gross tissue specimen
9. Perform specialized procedures such as frozen sections and decalcification
10. maintain and coordinate specimen and records for specialized procedures using appropriate protocols
11. submit request for special histologic procedures and special stains when appropriate
12. Photograph specimen samples as appropriate for use in instruction and documentation
13. Perform photomicroscopy on cases considered for interdepartmental conferences or for teaching purposes
14. maintain complete and accurate records of all gross and microscopic photographs
15. Assist pathologist with eviscerations, gross anatomic dissection, and in obtaining appropriate sections for microscopic examination
16. assist in training of techniques and procedures to staff interns and residents
17. Remove organs, portions of bone, or other samples of tissues for any specialized study or research
18. collect special materials for toxicological, viral and bacteriological assays
19. Maintain records
20. file x-rays
21. maintain facilities
22. label and store gross tissue obtained during autopsy
23. monitor and order supplies
24. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein
That seems comprehensive.
Now Required Qualifications section:
"Required Qualifications At This Level Education Bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited Pathologist Assistant program. Minimal educational or experience requirements may be modified on a case-bycase basis at the discretion of the CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment) director if minimal CLIA requirements are met by the employee for the tasks being performed Experience N/A Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification Certification by the American Association of Pathologist Assistants within 12 months of hire. Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Basic knowledge of human anatomy, macrosurgical techniques, general laboratory skills.Understanding of safety and infection control requirements of position. Demonstrated ability to obtain and prepare tissue for evaluation, provide assistance to pathologists, in a timely and quality manner. Proficiency in preparing and maintaining records, use of electronic communications tools and software."
We need to separate into sections: maybe "Requirements" (education/experience) and "Qualifications" (certification) and "Skills" (knowledge, skills, abilities). The instruction says we can use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We should not create empty sections.
We have:
- Education: Bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited Pathologist Assistant program.
- Minimal educational or experience requirements may be modified on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the CLIA director if minimal CLIA requirements are met by the employee for the tasks being performed.
- Experience: N/A (but we should not include a heading with filler like "N/A". Since it's just "N/A", we should omit Experience section because it's placeholder. So we skip Experience.
- Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification: Certification by the American Association of Pathologist Assistants within 12 months of hire.
- Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities: list items.
Thus we can have sections: Requirements (education), Qualifications (certification), Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities). Or combine Education and Certification under Qualifications? But we have headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We'll use Requirements for education/experience (but we have no experience). Qualifications for certification. Skills for knowledge, skills, abilities.
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We must remove EEO boilerplate etc. The posting includes an EEO statement and other boilerplate about equal opportunity, etc. We must remove that. Also remove "Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer..." etc. Also remove "Essential Physical Job Functions" etc. Also remove "Certain jobs at Duke University..." etc. Also remove "Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department." That's boilerplate.
Thus final HTML:
About the role
At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together. Duke University Health System Clinical Laboratories Pursue your passion for caring and innovation as a team member in the state-of-the-art Duke Health laboratories. Duke Health laboratories are College of American Pathologists accredited and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certified. The multidisciplinary team is committed to serving the rare and complex testing needs of Duke Health patients by providing timely and accurate results, educating the next generation of laboratorians, scientists and physicians, and researching and developing the cutting-edge diagnostics of tomorrow.
Responsibilities
- Select and identify tissue for microscopic study
- determine proper fixative solutions in which tissue will be maintained
- Triage specimen received from surgery
- dictate gross findings on selected specimen
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting. Content: - Intro paragraph: "At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together. Duke University Health System Clinical Laboratories Pursue your passion for caring and innovation as a team member in the state-of-the-art Duke Health laboratories. Duke Health laboratories are College of American Pathologists accredited and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certified. The multidisciplinary team is committed to serving the rare and complex testing needs of Duke Health patients by providing timely and accurate results, educating the next generation of laboratorians, scientists and physicians, and researching and developing the cutting-edge diagnostics of tomorrow." That's about the organization and role. Could be "About the role" or "About Duke Health". We'll use "About the role". - General Description: "Assist in performance of autopsy and surgical pathology services. Work independently when performing professional duties associated with the preparation, performance, and completion of autopsies, and examination and/or preparations of the surgical pathology specimens, with general supervision of pathologist." That's part of responsibilities. - Duties and Responsibilities: a long list of bullet-like sentences separated by semicolons. We need to turn into
- . Each bullet is a duty.
List items:
1. Select and identify tissue for microscopic study; determine proper fixative solutions in which tissue will be maintained.
2. Triage specimen received from surgery; dictate gross findings on selected specimen using appropriate terminology; refer tissue sections for microscopic review by Pathologist or Resident.
3. Maintain records of surgical pathology specimen dissections and dictation; assist in the compilation of reports for surgical pathology; label and store gross tissue specimen.
4. Perform specialized procedures such as frozen sections and decalcification; maintain and coordinate specimen and records for specialized procedures using appropriate protocols; submit request for special histologic procedures and special stains when appropriate.
5. Photograph specimen samples as appropriate for use in instruction and documentation.
6. Perform photomicroscopy on cases considered for interdepartmental conferences or for teaching purposes; maintain complete and accurate records of all gross and microscopic photographs.
7. Assist pathologist with eviscerations, gross anatomic dissection, and in obtaining appropriate sections for microscopic examination; assist in training of techniques and procedures to staff interns and residents.
8. Remove organs, portions of bone, or other samples of tissues for any specialized study or research; collect special materials for toxicological, viral and bacteriological assays.
9. Maintain records; file x-rays; maintain facilities; label and store gross tissue obtained during autopsy; monitor and order supplies.
10. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
We need to split each bullet at semicolons? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Typically each duty is a list item. The original uses semicolons to separate sub-tasks within a duty. We could keep each semicolon-separated piece as separate
- ? But that might over-split. Usually each line before a semicolon is a separate duty. However the posting uses semicolons to separate multiple tasks within a duty. The safest is to treat each sentence ending with a period as a duty. But there are no periods except at end of some lines? Actually the list is a paragraph with semicolons separating items, and ends with a period after "Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein." So we could split by semicolon and treat each as a duty. That yields many items, some are very short like "Photograph specimen samples as appropriate for use in instruction and documentation." That's fine.
Let's split by semicolon (;) and then trim.
The text after "Duties and Responsibilities" colon? It says: "Duties and Responsibilities Select and identify tissue for microscopic study; determine proper fixative solutions in which tissue will be maintained. Triage specimen received from surgery; dictate gross findings on selected specimen using appropriate terminology; refer tissue sections for microscopic review by Pathologist or Resident. Maintain records of surgical pathology specimen dissections and dictation; assist in the compilation of reports for surgical pathology; label and store gross tissue specimen. Perform specialized procedures such as frozen sections and decalcification; maintain and coordinate specimen and records for specialized procedures using appropriate protocols; submit request for special histologic procedures and special stains when appropriate. Photograph specimen samples as appropriate for use in instruction and documentation. Perform photomicroscopy on cases considered for interdepartmental conferences or for teaching purposes; maintain complete and accurate records of all gross and microscopic photographs. Assist pathologist with eviscerations, gross anatomic dissection, and in obtaining appropriate sections for microscopic examination; assist in training of techniques and procedures to staff interns and residents. Remove organs, portions of bone, or other samples of tissues for any specialized study or research; collect special materials for toxicological, viral and bacteriological assays. Maintain records; file x-rays; maintain facilities; label and store gross tissue obtained during autopsy; monitor and order supplies. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein."
We need to split by semicolon and also by period? Actually after each semicolon there is a space and then next item; after some items there is a period (like after "Photograph specimen samples as appropriate for use in instruction and documentation.") then a space then next sentence starts with capital letter. So we can split by both semicolon and period followed by space? Simpler: replace periods with semicolons then split by semicolon, but careful not to create empty items.
Let's manually list items as they appear separated by semicolons or periods:
1. Select and identify tissue for microscopic study
2. determine proper fixative solutions in which tissue will be maintained
3. Triage specimen received from surgery
4. dictate gross findings on selected specimen using appropriate terminology
5. refer tissue sections for microscopic review by Pathologist or Resident
6. Maintain records of surgical pathology specimen dissections and dictation
7. assist in the compilation of reports for surgical pathology
8. label and store gross tissue specimen
9. Perform specialized procedures such as frozen sections and decalcification
10. maintain and coordinate specimen and records for specialized procedures using appropriate protocols
11. submit request for special histologic procedures and special stains when appropriate
12. Photograph specimen samples as appropriate for use in instruction and documentation
13. Perform photomicroscopy on cases considered for interdepartmental conferences or for teaching purposes
14. maintain complete and accurate records of all gross and microscopic photographs
15. Assist pathologist with eviscerations, gross anatomic dissection, and in obtaining appropriate sections for microscopic examination
16. assist in training of techniques and procedures to staff interns and residents
17. Remove organs, portions of bone, or other samples of tissues for any specialized study or research
18. collect special materials for toxicological, viral and bacteriological assays
19. Maintain records
20. file x-rays
21. maintain facilities
22. label and store gross tissue obtained during autopsy
23. monitor and order supplies
24. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein
That seems comprehensive.
Now Required Qualifications section:
"Required Qualifications At This Level Education Bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited Pathologist Assistant program. Minimal educational or experience requirements may be modified on a case-bycase basis at the discretion of the CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment) director if minimal CLIA requirements are met by the employee for the tasks being performed Experience N/A Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification Certification by the American Association of Pathologist Assistants within 12 months of hire. Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Basic knowledge of human anatomy, macrosurgical techniques, general laboratory skills.Understanding of safety and infection control requirements of position. Demonstrated ability to obtain and prepare tissue for evaluation, provide assistance to pathologists, in a timely and quality manner. Proficiency in preparing and maintaining records, use of electronic communications tools and software."
We need to separate into sections: maybe "Requirements" (education/experience) and "Qualifications" (certification) and "Skills" (knowledge, skills, abilities). The instruction says we can use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We should not create empty sections.
We have:
- Education: Bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited Pathologist Assistant program.
- Minimal educational or experience requirements may be modified on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the CLIA director if minimal CLIA requirements are met by the employee for the tasks being performed.
- Experience: N/A (but we should not include a heading with filler like "N/A". Since it's just "N/A", we should omit Experience section because it's placeholder. So we skip Experience.
- Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification: Certification by the American Association of Pathologist Assistants within 12 months of hire.
- Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities: list items.
Thus we can have sections: Requirements (education), Qualifications (certification), Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities). Or combine Education and Certification under Qualifications? But we have headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We'll use Requirements for education/experience (but we have no experience). Qualifications for certification. Skills for knowledge, skills, abilities.
We need to output HTML fragment only.
We must remove EEO boilerplate etc. The posting includes an EEO statement and other boilerplate about equal opportunity, etc. We must remove that. Also remove "Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer..." etc. Also remove "Essential Physical Job Functions" etc. Also remove "Certain jobs at Duke University..." etc. Also remove "Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department." That's boilerplate.
Thus final HTML:
About the role
At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together. Duke University Health System Clinical Laboratories Pursue your passion for caring and innovation as a team member in the state-of-the-art Duke Health laboratories. Duke Health laboratories are College of American Pathologists accredited and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certified. The multidisciplinary team is committed to serving the rare and complex testing needs of Duke Health patients by providing timely and accurate results, educating the next generation of laboratorians, scientists and physicians, and researching and developing the cutting-edge diagnostics of tomorrow.
Responsibilities
- Select and identify tissue for microscopic study
- determine proper fixative solutions in which tissue will be maintained
- Triage specimen received from surgery
- dictate gross findings on selected specimen