Travel Histo Tech in Dover, DE - Cynet Health
Dover, DE 19901
About the Job
**Job Title:** Histotechnologist
**Job Specialty:** Medical Laboratory
**Job Duration:** Full Time
**Shift:** Varies
**Guaranteed Hours:** Not specified
**Experience:** Preferred: 1 year experience in a hospital laboratory
**License:** None required beyond education requirements
**Certifications:** Preferred: Certified Histotechnician
**Must-Have:** Completion of a Histotechnology Certificate Program or equivalent education and experience
**Job Description:**
- Prepare slides for histologic and cytologic diagnosis using paraffin, frozen section, microtomy, cytospin, and other techniques.
- Perform routine and special stains and histochemical procedures.
- Conduct data entry and maintain records such as accession logs, workload, and quality control.
- Maintain slide and block files, match slides and reports, and troubleshoot and resolve inquiries and problems.
- Possibly assist the Pathologist with autopsies and perform gross descriptions of specific surgical specimens.
- Perform all histology procedures promptly, accurately, and reliably under the general supervision of a Section Supervisor and/or Pathologist.
- Ensure compliance with accreditation standards and hospital/departmental policies.
- Execute tasks, procedures, and documentation within laboratory standards for timeliness without reminders.
- Demonstrate financial responsibility by efficiently using supplies and maintaining inventory for the following shift.
- Assist coworkers with difficult procedures/problems and provide instruction on new methods and instrumentation.
- Train new employees and students, documenting completed instruction accurately.
**Education:**
Histotechnology Certificate Program; Route 2: At least 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) of academic credit, including 12 semester hours (18 quarter hours) of biology and chemistry, or an associate degree with similar specifics, AND one year of full-time acceptable experience in a histopathology laboratory within the last ten years
Route 3: On-the-job training for incumbents in position prior to 2005.
**Job Specialty:** Medical Laboratory
**Job Duration:** Full Time
**Shift:** Varies
**Guaranteed Hours:** Not specified
**Experience:** Preferred: 1 year experience in a hospital laboratory
**License:** None required beyond education requirements
**Certifications:** Preferred: Certified Histotechnician
**Must-Have:** Completion of a Histotechnology Certificate Program or equivalent education and experience
**Job Description:**
- Prepare slides for histologic and cytologic diagnosis using paraffin, frozen section, microtomy, cytospin, and other techniques.
- Perform routine and special stains and histochemical procedures.
- Conduct data entry and maintain records such as accession logs, workload, and quality control.
- Maintain slide and block files, match slides and reports, and troubleshoot and resolve inquiries and problems.
- Possibly assist the Pathologist with autopsies and perform gross descriptions of specific surgical specimens.
- Perform all histology procedures promptly, accurately, and reliably under the general supervision of a Section Supervisor and/or Pathologist.
- Ensure compliance with accreditation standards and hospital/departmental policies.
- Execute tasks, procedures, and documentation within laboratory standards for timeliness without reminders.
- Demonstrate financial responsibility by efficiently using supplies and maintaining inventory for the following shift.
- Assist coworkers with difficult procedures/problems and provide instruction on new methods and instrumentation.
- Train new employees and students, documenting completed instruction accurately.
**Education:**
Histotechnology Certificate Program; Route 2: At least 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) of academic credit, including 12 semester hours (18 quarter hours) of biology and chemistry, or an associate degree with similar specifics, AND one year of full-time acceptable experience in a histopathology laboratory within the last ten years
Route 3: On-the-job training for incumbents in position prior to 2005.
Source : Cynet Health