Job Summary: 

• Prepare reagents in the laboratory and comply with all safety regulations.
• Handle biohazards and chemically hazardous materials routinely.
• Ensure all correct clinical data and information are entered into the laboratory information system (i.e., order entry, patient demographics, and results).
• Perform routine histology from accessioning to coverslipping.
• Prepare material for staining, including cutting paraffin sections.
• Properly embed processed tissue.
• Cut and stain re-cut slides, special stains, and esoteric tests requested by the pathologist.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, and run complex automated equipment.
• Maintain laboratory reagents and supply inventory needed for daily staining procedures.
• Perform QC and QA of adequate control material needed for tests within the laboratory.
• Perform repetitive or routine duties under the direction of the laboratory manager, working from written procedures.
• Work routinely with chemical and biohazardous materials.

Skills on Resume: 

• Reagent Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Safety Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Data Entry (Hard Skills)
• Histology Procedures (Hard Skills)
• Tissue Embedding (Hard Skills)
• Special Staining (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Troubleshooting (Hard Skills)
• Quality Control (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Perform microtomy (sectioning of surgical and autopsy tissue specimens).
• Embed tissue specimens.
• Perform immunohistochemistry procedures on surgical and autopsy cases.
• Perform routine H&E staining procedures.
• Perform specialized selective techniques required for diagnostic purposes, including bone decalcification, muscle, kidney, and nerve biopsies, and frozen tissue sectioning techniques.
• Perform special stain procedures for histology and cytology specimens as outlined by the Histology Special Stains Procedure Manual.
• Maintain histologic equipment and Quality Assurance/Quality Control documentation.
• Perform projects and other related duties.
• Comply with corporate, departmental, and job-specific requirements.
• Participate in change and process improvements.

Skills on Resume: 

• Microtomy Sectioning (Hard Skills)
• Tissue Embedding (Hard Skills)
• Immunohistochemistry (Hard Skills)
• H&E Staining (Hard Skills)
• Specialized Techniques (Hard Skills)
• Special Staining (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Process Improvement (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Prepare tissues for microscopic analysis.
• Apply histology techniques, including dissection, circulation, coating, cutting out of paraffin or plastic, coloring, and quality control.
• Design and execute pathology testing strategies and studies.
• Lead the conduct of pathologic investigations, review and interpret data, communicate results to clients, and write final reports.
• Serve as Project Scientist, Principal Investigator, Contributing Scientist, Project Leader, or Study Director.
• Interpret and evaluate work in areas such as clinical pathology, morphology, histology, histopathology, histochemistry, immunohistochemistry, morphometrics, or electron microscopy.
• Ensure compliance with protocols and all applicable SOPs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in the laboratory requiring scientific expertise.
• Introduce new technologies or improvements in existing technologies.
• Provide advisory functions to clients designing a program or experiment, dealing with specific dataset interpretation, or answering questions from regulatory authorities.

Skills on Resume: 

• Tissue Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Histology Techniques (Hard Skills)
• Pathology Testing (Hard Skills)
• Data Interpretation (Hard Skills)
• Project Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Technical Troubleshooting (Hard Skills)
• Client Advisory (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Prepare tissue samples for routine microscopic analysis.
• Maintain and operate laboratory equipment according to manufacturer recommendations and procedures.
• Demonstrate knowledge of quality, safety, and compliance programs.
• Investigate, document, communicate, and resolve needs, problems, or complaints.
• Perform area-specific support and clinical activities.
• Accession specimens, order procedures, enter level charges, and generate slide labels quickly and accurately in the LIS according to established procedures.
• Maintain clean work surfaces and instruments free of debris and tissue fragments to eliminate cross-contamination.
• Identify and troubleshoot staining irregularities in routine work, special stains, and QC H&E slides.
• Position blades at the correct angle and routinely change blades to ensure sections are free of tears, lines, folds, and cellular distortion.
• Ensure blocks are cut according to SOP.
• Follow SOP for Quality Assurance for any discrepancies or concerns.
• Maintain a clean water bath and clean water surface between sections to ensure sections are free of floaters and cross-contamination.

Skills on Resume: 

• Tissue Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Operation (Hard Skills)
• Quality Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Problem Resolution (Soft Skills)
• Specimen Accessioning (Hard Skills)
• Contamination Prevention (Hard Skills)
• Staining Troubleshooting (Hard Skills)
• Blade Maintenance (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Embed all types of tissue and section all types of paraffin-embedded tissue.
• Follow set protocols and procedures for embedding and microtomy.
• Keep the embedding area, microtome, and workstation clean and clutter-free, and maintain proper QC.
• Maintain fresh solutions, stains, and/or reagents.
• Perform special stain and/or IHC procedures.
• Assist with case assembly and distribution, and file blocks and slides.
• Properly handle and dispose of hazardous waste.
• Assist in documentation and maintain effective department QA programs, and monitor.
• Exercise all laboratory safety precautions and adhere to lab procedures as stated in procedure manuals.
• Perform all job responsibilities in alignment with the industry's best security practices and regulatory guidelines to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected health information and other sensitive company data.
• Abide by the Corporate Compliance Program and all Corporate policies, including the Privacy and Security policies.

Skills on Resume: 

• Tissue Embedding (Hard Skills)
• Microtomy (Hard Skills)
• Workstation Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Reagent Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Special Staining (Hard Skills)
• Case Assembly (Hard Skills)
• Hazardous Waste Handling (Hard Skills)
• Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Prepare and process surgical, autopsy, bone marrow, body fluids, and biopsy specimens for gross and microscopic examination by a pathologist.
• Prepare frozen sections of surgical specimens for microscopic examination by a pathologist.
• Prepare solutions for stains and special procedures.
• Perform the more advanced and specialized histology techniques.
• Perform preventive maintenance on common instruments and keep records of maintenance as prescribed.
• Understand and perform basic quality control.
• Identify quality control problems and participate in quality assurance monitors.
• Assure that the results are satisfactory for pathological examination.
• Act as a resource to customers, both within the department and outside the department.
• Accept responsibility for own development, including cross-training in other functions or positions to ensure satisfactory operation of the department or to permit flexible staffing assignments.
• Review, update, and write histology laboratory procedures.
• Answer telephones, communicate verified test results by phone, type procedures, file paperwork and slides, fax documents, perform data entry/retrieval, and assist with inventory of supplies.

Skills on Resume: 

• Specimen Processing (Hard Skills)
• Frozen Sectioning (Hard Skills)
• Solution Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Advanced Histology (Hard Skills)
• Instrument Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
• Customer Support (Soft Skills)
• Procedure Documentation (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Embed, perform microtomy, cut, and mount paraffin sections onto microscopic slides.
• Prepare slides for routine H&E and special stain procedures.
• Coverslip and route slides and protocols to pathologists.
• Perform and document scheduled preventative maintenance.
• Maintain records and documentation required to manage the daily workflow and provide QC/QA monitors.
• Troubleshoot areas of processing, embedding, cutting, and staining.
• Flex schedule to accommodate workload, including weekend coverage.
• File paraffin blocks and microscopic slides.
• Communicate with laboratory staff and clients to ensure quality patient care.
• Maintain and support a service-oriented relationship with customers.
• Respect and maintain the confidentiality of information relative to clients and patients.
• Ensure compliance with all local, federal, CLIA, CAP, safety, and OSHA guidelines.
• Participate in all continuing education programs required to keep certification current, in addition to continuing education programs provided by CPL.

Skills on Resume: 

• Microtomy (Hard Skills)
• Slide Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Coverslipping (Hard Skills)
• Preventive Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Workflow Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Process Troubleshooting (Hard Skills)
• Client Communication (Soft Skills)
• Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Collect and accession pathology specimens in the laboratory computer system.
• Assist the Pathologist with surgical specimens (frozen sections and gross surgical specimens).
• Load the tissue processor with tissue samples at the end of each day.
• Select the proper program.
• Embed tissue specimens and orient samples as indicated by the Pathologist.
• Coverslip slides for microscopic examination, ensuring slides are virtually free of air bubbles and excess glue.
• Ensure slides are labeled correctly.
• Perform daily and weekly reagent changes on the tissue processor and slide stainer.
• Perform special stains and immunohistochemistry.
• Keep work area neat and clean, including daily cleanup of all workstations.
• Check stock and order supplies.
• Cut tissue and prepare slides for staining.
• Perform clerical and computer tasks and procedures.

Skills on Resume: 

• Specimen Accessioning (Hard Skills)
• Pathologist Assistance (Hard Skills)
• Tissue Processing (Hard Skills)
• Tissue Embedding (Hard Skills)
• Coverslipping (Hard Skills)
• Reagent Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Special Staining (Hard Skills)
• Clerical Tasks (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Perform manual techniques and operate instruments in accordance with protocols and instrument guidelines (e.g., embedding and microtomy for both paraffin and frozen sections using automatic tissue processors, knife sharpeners, balances, and pH meters).
• Select, perform, and monitor staining procedures required for specific diagnosis, including evaluation of adequacy of reagents and stains, selection and utilization of control materials, and monitoring of stained preparations.
• Mount coverslips, slides, and labels.
• Record specimens entering the laboratory and select the correct method of handling each specimen.
• Complete, record, and cross-reference specimens.
• Operate and monitor laboratory equipment in accordance with protocols and instrument guidelines (e.g., checking temperatures of refrigerators, water baths, ovens, cryostats).
• Perform oiling, cleaning, and maintenance of equipment.
• Directly interact with or care for patients.
• Directly interact with or care for human-subjects research participants.
• Regularly maintain, modify, release, or otherwise affect patient records.
• Regularly maintain, modify, release, or otherwise affect human-subjects research records.

Skills on Resume: 

• Manual Techniques (Hard Skills)
• Staining Procedures (Hard Skills)
• Coverslipping (Hard Skills)
• Specimen Handling (Hard Skills)
• Specimen Recording (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Operation (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Patient Interaction (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Ensure patient/specimen identification at all times, and receive and prepare tissue specimens for gross examination.
• Assist the pathologist in gross examination and photography procedures.
• Perform a variety of clerical duties such as billing, accessioning, labeling, and data entry for the purpose of preparing specimens for further processing.
• Process, embed, cut, and mount tissue samples to assure quality slides for microscopic evaluation.
• Prepare unfixed tissues for rapid diagnosis through a freezing chamber (cryostat).
• Stain and coverslip this tissue.
• Prepare chemical reagents and solutions for staining procedures.
• Perform routine histochemical and immunohistochemical staining of tissues for interpretation by a pathologist.
• Properly identify microscopic tissue structures and staining characteristics during and after staining procedures to guarantee stained slides.
• Check the function and/or temperature and maintain/clean the equipment according to the procedure manual to ensure proper functioning of the equipment.
• File and maintain slide and tissue block archives to assure immediate retrieval of slides or blocks.
• Prepare cytology specimens, and refer patient identification discrepancies, unusual situations, or specimens to the Pathologist or Supervisor for clarification.
• Utilize continuing education to keep current in histological procedures and technology.
• Adhere to the standards and policies of the Corporate Responsibility Program.

Skills on Resume: 

• Specimen Identification (Hard Skills)
• Pathologist Assistance (Hard Skills)
• Clerical Duties (Hard Skills)
• Tissue Processing (Hard Skills)
• Cryostat Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Histochemical Staining (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Policy Compliance (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Accession and systematically organize specimens to safeguard specimen identification and integrity.
• Assess that specimen identification is attached and matches the path sheet information.
• Progress specimens efficiently from transport and initial accessioning into the pathology computer system.
• Comply with storage and disposal requirements.
• Recognize discrepancies and initiate quality assurance documentation of variances.
• Utilize appropriate irretrievable specimen policies to document specimen issues.
• Prepare for and assist in the grossing of specimens with a pathologist.
• Ready the grossing area in an organized manner to assist the pathologist and efficiently prioritize workflow.
• Supply materials to the pathologist (e.g., gloves, surgical instruments, inks).
• Accurately document specimens, blocks, and slides as the pathologist grosses.
• Order blocks, levels, frozen sections, path determinations, photos, flow cytometry tracking, touch preps, special stains, and special requests.
• Clean the grossing station and instruments when the pathologist is finished, maintaining the area in a safe and sanitary condition.
• Operate and maintain equipment in accordance with guidelines.
• Load and start processors at day’s end, choosing the appropriate program for processing.
• Operate microtomes, cryostats, staining equipment, recyclers, and other instruments as trained and according to guidelines.
• Perform routine, preventative, and corrective maintenance, resolving problems as they occur.

Skills on Resume: 

• Specimen Accessioning (Hard Skills)
• Specimen Verification (Hard Skills)
• Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
• Pathologist Assistance (Hard Skills)
• Workflow Prioritization (Soft Skills)
• Specimen Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Operation (Hard Skills)
• Preventive Maintenance (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Maintain accurate documentation, including computerized documentation, in accordance with established policies, procedures, and regulations, such as variance forms, process specimen logs, and equipment maintenance logs.
• Recognize and identify different gross tissue structures to ensure proper orientation, and ensure that tissue is embedded according to SOP.
• Produce quality blocks to ensure quality slides are made, and follow SOP for Quality Assurance for any discrepancies or concerns.
• Communicate STAT cases and discrepancies, and assist with continuous workflow by providing work to the table to be cut per SOP.
• Embed 35-40 quality cassettes per hour.
• Orient and embed pathology specimens to ensure optimal sectioning.
• Maintain a clean water bath and clean water surface between sections to ensure sections are free of floaters and cross-contamination.
• Ensure blocks are cut according to SOP, and follow SOP for Quality Assurance for any discrepancies or concerns.
• Verify that the block and slide ID match the same surgical number.
• Obtain sections for recuts, special stains, and immunohistochemical stains, selecting the appropriate controls, mounting, dry time, and deparaffinization.
• Communicate STAT cases and discrepancies, and assist with continuous workflow by providing work to the strainers per SOP.
• Tackle complex protocols and produce quality slides such as Hirschsprung, liver, and kidney cases.

Skills on Resume: 

• Documentation Management (Hard Skills)
• Tissue Embedding (Hard Skills)
• Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
• Workflow Support (Soft Skills)
• Cassette Embedding (Hard Skills)
• Contamination Prevention (Hard Skills)
• Specimen Verification (Hard Skills)
• Special Staining (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Perform in a timely manner the basic procedures (e.g., specimen accessioning and processing, inventory, ordering) designed to meet the needs of the department in support of the hospital's mission and goals.
• Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to produce accurate, reproducible results.
• Complete assigned workload within established turnaround times by flexing organization of work according to requested ordering status (i.e., routine, STAT, ASAP).
• Operate basic laboratory equipment/instruments consistent with manufacturer’s instruction manuals, including performing quality assurance, quality control, routine equipment maintenance, and troubleshooting procedures designed to meet the needs of the department in support of the hospital's mission and goals.
• Participate in the training of new employees as established by laboratory policies.
• Assist in Gross Room specimen accessioning and processing, frozen section production, and provide instruction to others for frozen section slide production and staining.
• Prepare tissue and produce microscopic slides using a wide variety of tissue techniques promptly to produce accurate, reproducible results to meet the needs of patients as requested by physicians, in support of the hospital's mission and goals.
• Perform problem identification and subsequent appropriate problem resolution promptly.
• Record all work (e.g., blocks cut, special stains, slides, immunoperoxidase slides, frozen section slides, immunofluorescent slides, re-cut slides, autopsy and surgical slides, decals, conference, teaching, and research) according to SOP.
• Complete all quality control documentation and record legibly and accurately (e.g., review of records, daily worksheets) according to SOP.
• Minimize waste of time, materials, and resources.
• Complete assigned workload within established turnaround times by flexing organization of work according to needs.

Skills on Resume: 

• Specimen Accessioning (Hard Skills)
• SOP Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Workload Management (Soft Skills)
• Equipment Operation (Hard Skills)
• Employee Training (Soft Skills)
• Tissue Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Problem Resolution (Soft Skills)
• Quality Control (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Maintain and document the use and maintenance of laboratory equipment, and maintain a safe, clean, and orderly laboratory environment.
• Perform paraffin tissue processing.
• Identify required tissue sample orientation and perform paraffin embedding procedures.
• Use microtomy skills in the preparation of routine (paraffin-embedded) microscopic slides according to standard operating procedures and/or study protocols.
• Perform routine hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining as well as coverslip microscopic slides.
• Troubleshoot equipment and operation failures and take appropriate actions to keep interruptions to a minimum.
• Analyze raw data collection and resolve deviations in standard operating procedures (SOP) and/or protocol requirements.
• Dispose of hazardous chemicals, generate hazardous chemical lab packs, and enter data into laboratory hazardous chemical records.
• Order warehouse supplies and enter data into laboratory inventory records.
• Maintain effective communication with laboratory sections, other hospital departments, and the public to assure dissemination of information and the identification/resolution of problems in support of the hospital's mission of patient care.
• Answer the telephone promptly and courteously, identifying self and unit.
• Keep current in all department communications (e.g., reading circulated material, minutes, and procedures) and incorporate new information into routine use.
• Communicate in a timely manner any unusual supply usage or critical supply levels to the supervisor to expedite ordering of required supplies for continual patient service.
• Participate in the educational endeavors of the institution to meet current and future needs in support of the department’s, hospital’s, and university’s goals and missions of teaching and research.

Skills on Resume: 

• Equipment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Tissue Processing (Hard Skills)
• Tissue Embedding (Hard Skills)
• Microtomy (Hard Skills)
• H&E Staining (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Troubleshooting (Hard Skills)
• Hazardous Waste Disposal (Hard Skills)
• Data Analysis (Hard Skills)