Histology Assistant - Laboratory - PRN Job at Christus Health, San Marcos, TX

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  • Christus Health
  • San Marcos, TX

Job Description

Description

Summary:

Performs daily duties for pathologists and histology technicians including accessioning specimens, grossing procedures, cassette preparation, and other computer-related tasks.

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San Marcos, which originated in 1923 as Hays County Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial Hospital, opened at its current Wonder World Drive location in 1983. Our staff of more than 700 Associates works with more than 300 active and consulting physicians to provide quality services to patients and their families. For more than 20 consecutive years, we have been named The Best Hospital in Hays County in the annual “Best of Hays” publication released by the San Marcos Daily Record. In addition to interventional cardiac services, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San Marcos is a Certified Chest Pain Center and an accredited Primary Stroke Center. We lead the region in da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery and offers a variety of specialty care services including medical imaging, rehabilitation, hospice, women’s services and more.

Responsibilities:

Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
Assigns accession numbers to each surgical, cytological, and autopsy specimen received; checks specimens for adequate fixative and patient identification; accessions all specimens through the LIS
Maintains paraffin block and microscope slide files by filing all surgical, autopsy, bone marrow, and cytology blocks and slides within the section file cabinets; stores old paraffin blocks and microscopic slides in the designated storage area
Assists the pathologists with the grossing of surgical specimens, autopsies, and fine needle aspirate biopsies when required, including patient and procedure preparation, assisting with the aspiration, preparing and staining slides, and processing specimens in accordance with established protocols
Prepares fixatives, staining solutions, mounting media, and decalcifying solutions, at the request of the pathologist, using accepted standard techniques; reviews the quality of stains and troubleshoots procedures as needed
Performs specimen searches and retrieval of slides and blocks in storage to assist in the establishment of diagnosis
Demonstrates competence to perform assigned responsibilities in a manner that meets the age-specific and developmental needs of the members served by the department
Appropriately adapts assigned assessment, treatment, and/or service methods to accommodate the unique physical, psychosocial, cultural, age-specific and other developmental needs of each member served
Performs other duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

Education/Skills

High School Diploma or equivalent preferred

Experience

None required

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

None required

Work Schedule:

PRN

Work Type:

Per Diem As Needed

Job Tags

Daily paid,

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