Grossing Technologist

Job Description

Inova's Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Grossing Technologist to join their team! This position will be day shift, Full-Time 9:30am - 6::00pm with a rotation to Saturdays (likely every 4th Saturday).

Inova is consistently ranked as national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules and more.

Grossing Technologist Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for performing all technical aspects of receiving, dissection and dictating of non-complex surgical pathology specimen types within their assigned competency level.
• Expand knowledge of the disease process in order to master specimens of increasing complexity. Ensures quality, consistency, accuracy, and efficiency of specimen dissection.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Lead Pathology Assistant or Manager of Pathology Services
• Performs all technical aspects of grossing, dissection and dictating of surgical specimens using a variety of laboratory materials, chemicals and equipment, according to hospital policies and procedures;
• Receives specimens from couriers, reads manifests to verify appropriate count, maintains specimen integrity and patient identification.
• Travels to O.R. or certain clinics if deemed necessary to pick up specimens.
• Assists pathologists, pathologists' assistants and histology assistant staff as requested.
• Maintains grossing station and gross room for cleanliness.
• Assists pathologists and Histology Assistants in frozen section procedures
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education - Minimum Education: Associate degree in laboratory science or medical laboratory science, obtained from an accredited institution. OR Education/training equivalent to the preceding that includes at least (60) semester hours or equivalent from an accredited institution.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 years of relevant experience in an anatomic pathology laboratory.

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia's leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better - to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.


Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.