Grossing Technologist

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.