Histotechnician - PRN

Job Opportunity At St. Elizabeth Healthcare

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At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We're guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

We invest in you — personally and professionally.

Enjoy:

• Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.
• Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
• Retirement savings with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
• Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary

Prepares surgical and autopsy tissue specimens for diagnostic microscopic examination. Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Job Description

• Uses HIS & LIS computer systems to order, view ordered tests, process workload, perform testing and charge tests.
• Performs special procedure to demonstrate infection, tumor identification, tissue components, antibody detection.
• Keeps records for workload recording, preventive maintenance on equipment and quality control to meet the Medical Center's continuing quality improvement standards.
• Disposes or files old slides, tissue, or autopsy tissue, as directed by CAP regulations and prepares limbs and fetus for burial to ensure a safe working environment.
• Prepares specimens for send out: ERA/PRA, muscle biopsies, and slides or recuts for consultation send-outs, to facilitate patient diagnosis.
• Performs and has a general understanding of laboratory procedures and directs questions and inconsistencies to the supervisor to assure accurate patient results.
• Enhances professional growth and development of self, department staff, other hospital personnel, community and students by participation in continuing education, and in-service training and the School of Medical Technology.
• Implements ICARE principles using communication skills and human relations to promote quality patient care and productive working environment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education, Credentials, Licenses

• ASCP Registered Histotechnician OR
• Qualifies under the "grandfather clause"; having established a career (>5 yrs.) as a qualified Histotechnician prior to 2004 but did not obtain ASCP certification.

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.