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Histotechnologist

City of Hope

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The Histotechnologist is responsible for preparing high-quality tissue slides and maintaining laboratory workflow for diagnostic purposes. They must also assist in laboratory maintenance to ensure compliance with State, CMS, and CAP regulatory standards.

Requirements summary

Candidates must hold an associate degree and have completed a certified clinical program in medical laboratory sciences in histopathology. Additionally, the role requires ASCP HT or HTL certification and 0-1 years of experience in a histology laboratory.

associate degreeprofessional certificateTroubleshootingStainingCytologyEpic BeakerSpecimen processingTissue sectioningBone marrow processingBiopsy processingTissue embeddingStandard operational proceduresHistology laboratory operationsSurgical case processingGI tissue knowledgeBreast tissue knowledgeLaboratory inspection compliance

Job description

Histotechnologist – Histopathology Laboratory Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses.
City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
We are seeking a Histotechnologist to join our Anatomic Pathology team!
Working with our Lead Histotechnologist and reporting directly to our Manager for AP, this role requires expertise in histology laboratory operations.
Responsibilities include supporting lab functions, contributing to strategic planning, fostering a collaborative team environment, and delivering exceptional customer service to further our mission of improving patient outcomes.
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Note: This position is for the day shift (4:00-5:00am start time + 8-hour shift) , although it may vary slightly based on business needs.
This position requires flexibility to accommodate varying patient needs.
Shifts may include days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
On-call responsibilities and mandatory overtime may also be necessary.
As a successful candidate, you will: Prepare of tissues and stained slides of a high quality.
Ability to embed and section biopsy, bone marrow, cytology, and routine surgical cases.
Assist with the troubleshooting of technical, processing, and staining issues.
Meet the daily workflow functions of a workload throughput histology laboratory.
Maintain the appropriate specimen processing of patient samples, testing of samples for diagnostic purposes.
Assist in the maintenance of the laboratory for State, CMS and CAP inspections, to include the review of standard operational procedures (SOP) and participating in all laboratory inspections. performed according to the SOP’s and other regulatory bodies Experience with Epic Beaker (preferred) Knowledge of GI and Breast tissue (preferred)

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