CANDIDATES MUST BE WILLING TO RELOCATE TO PITTSBURGH, PA
Location : Pittsburgh, PA
Type : Direct-Hire / Permanent
Shifts available :
Daylight : Monday–Friday, variable start between 3 : 00 a.m. – 7 : 00 a.m.
Afternoon : Monday–Friday, 1 : 00 p.m. – 9 : 30 p.m.
Night : Monday–Friday, 10 : 00 p.m. – 6 : 30 a.m.
Hourly rate : Competitive hourly rate and shift differential offer to off shifts
Start : ASAP
Overview :
A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Histotechnologist to join its technologically driven histology lab, serving multiple local hospitals, who plays a vital role in supporting complex diagnostic and research needs across the system. If you are interested in learning more please apply !
Responsibilities
- Accurately prepare slides for microtomy using barcode labels to maintain correct patient identification.
- Demonstrate complete knowledge of CoPath related to Histology workflow.
- Progress toward working independently in advanced staining areas.
- Ensure all tissues are embedded and cut according to department-specific protocols with proper orientation and complete sections, free of folds, chatter, artifacts, or floaters.
- Maintain instruments following quality control specifications and daily maintenance protocols.
- Perform QC checks at each phase of processing / staining.
- Perform ancillary or miscellaneous tasks such as filing, cleaning, and stocking supplies.
- Process and prepare surgical and autopsy tissue specimens for embedding, cutting, staining, and coverslipping.
- Embed and cut specialized tissue, including minute biopsy protocols.
- Qualifications
- Education :
- Successful completion of a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college / university with 30 semester hours of biology and chemistry
- Experience :
- 1 year of clinical histology laboratory experience post-training if not a graduate of an accredited training program
- Certification :
- ASCP Histotechnologist (HTL) certification required within 12 months of hire