Histology, Bench Technician/Technologist, First Shift

Job Description

Job Description

Position & Client Overview:

A large high volume pathology group is in need of a permanent histotechnician or histotechnologist for their evening shift. The duties will include high volume routine cutting, staining, and embedding with some IHC.

Living in Spartanburg offers its residents a low cost of living, a great outdoor scene, proximity to other cities, a thriving economy, and a ton of events to attend. If you’re looking to live in a city with the best of rural and urban living, you’ll love it in Spartanburg. Additionally, Spartanburg embraces its beauty with a variety of outdoor activities, from listening to live music and enjoying a local brew at the outdoor bier garden, to wandering around the enchanted Hatcher Garden and observing vibrant flowers and woodland areas. This desirable location has easy access to nearby big cities such as Spartanburg, SC and Atlanta, GA affording you so many potentially exciting opportunities.

Salary Range: $41,000-72,425

Job Summary:

Perform routine specimen preparation which involves cutting various tissue types and mounting them on glass slides for examination under the microscope by the pathologist.

Nationally certified histotechnician experienced in receiving, processing, and preparing patient tissue specimens for microscopic examination and analysis by the pathologist. Able to perform complex histologic procedures, recognize deviations from expected results, and analyze and correct problems using scientific principles learned from NAACLS training and [1] year of experience.

Skill Requirements:

• Calibrate, operate, troubleshoot and maintain the equipment
• Dexterity and good hand-eye coordination are required to collect and prepare specimens
• Lab safety and infection prevention is of paramount importance

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Remove tissue from a preservative solution, remove water from the sample, and replace it with paraffin wax
• Embed sample in a larger block of wax to prepare it for slicing before mounting it on a microtome
• Slice or section the sample then stain with special dyes and mount on a slide for viewing with a microscope

Education, Certification, & Experience:

• Associate or Bachelor's Degree or 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) from a regionally accredited college/university with a combination of 12 semester hours (18 quarter hours) of biology and chemistry
• HT/L(ASCP) certification, preferred
• Or on the job trained/non certified per the lab approval

Must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

HealthCare Connections, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or other protected status pursuant to law.