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UTHealth Houston · 3 months ago

Pathology Histotechnologist I/II/III (PRN)

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

0+ years exp

UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. The Pathology Histotechnologist I/II/III will participate in the day-to-day operations of the laboratory, processing and preparing patient tissue while ensuring high quality and timely pathology for accurate diagnosis.

EducationHealth CareProfessional Services

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Performs tissue processing, embedding in paraffin, cutting, sectioning, and mounting on slides of routine to complex tissues (such as fatty tissues, poorly fixed tissues, etc.), following established departmental protocols, for interpretation by a pathologist

Performs routine staining on various IHC platforms by following the established departmental protocols

Complies with all departmental SOPs and adheres to all rules and protocols

Operates vendor software for IHC stainers and internal LIS and workflow software

Performs QC for reagents and chemicals by using SOP¿s

Performs slide QC on routine cases, such as colon and breast panels

Performs basic troubleshooting of errors associated with instrument failures

Maintains laboratory in a clean, functional state, as well as cleaning or performing scheduled equipment and instrument maintenance / calibration / certifications, as required

Performs supportive duties, including slide consolidation, filling bulk fluids on IHC stainers, replenish instrument reagents, logging in cases for various departments, including chain of custody records, etc

Helps maintain gross tissue storage area and assists in discarding tissue per established policy

Helps maintain blocks and/or slides files

Responds to emergency situations

Performs Other Job Duties As Assigned

Qualification

Certified Histotechnologist (HTL(ASCP))Tissue processingEmbedding in paraffinIHC stainingLaboratory maintenanceBasic troubleshootingQuality control (QC)Laboratory protocols