Contract Cytotechnologist, 9-Month Assignment, 1st Shift, No Weekends

Job Description

Job Description

Position & Client Overview:

A health system in Grand Rapids, MI is looking for a first shift cytotechnologist for a 9-month contract. For this Monday through Friday assignment, ASCP certification is required.

Salary: $2,700/week

Grand Rapids has a way of winning people over, especially if you’re here for the best seasons of the year. Spring wakes the city up with farmers markets, art fairs, and miles of riverfront trails that make even a quick walk feel like a reset. Summer is pure Michigan at its finest—Lake Michigan beaches are less than an hour away, festivals fill nearly every weekend, and the city’s parks and breweries spill outdoors with live music and food trucks. By fall, the whole region turns into a postcard of color, with apple orchards, cider mills, and scenic drives that make the most of crisp, golden afternoons. For a 9‑month contract, it’s an easy place to settle in, explore, and genuinely enjoy where you’re living while you work.

Job Summary:

Analyze fluid and tissue specimens for microscopic cellular abnormalities. Work closely with pathologists and independently.

Skill Requirements:

• Calibrate, operate, troubleshoot and maintain the equipment
• Dexterity and good hand-eye coordination are required to collect and prepare specimens
• Critical thinking skills to recognize problems and develop solutions or alternative approaches
• Lab safety and infection prevention is of paramount importance
• Handle pressure responsibility, often performing highly detailed microscopic work for long periods of time

Responsibilities may include but not limited to:

• Examine cell samples to detect abnormalities in the color, shape, or size of cellular components and patterns
• Prepare and analyze samples, such as Papanicolaou (PAP) smear body fluids and fine needle aspirations (FNAs), to detect abnormal conditions
• Provide patient clinical data or microscopic findings to assist pathologists in the preparation of pathology reports
• Assist pathologists or other physicians to collect cell samples such as by fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies
• Submit slides with abnormal cell structures to pathologists for further examination

Education, Certification, & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in cytotechnology
• CT(ASCP) certification
• Two (2) years of experience

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.

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