Pathologist Assistant - Day Shift

Pathologist Assistant - New York - Permanent Hire - CLICK AND APPLY NOW!

Qualifications:

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• State of New York License for Pathologist Assistant required
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• Cryo-rotary Microtome (Leica, Microm, Tissue-Tek)
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• Laboratory Information System: Epic Beaker
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• Knowledge of the policies and procedures for all Surgical Cutting Room techniques
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• Knowledge of the policies and procedures for all Autopsy techniques
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• Knowledge of proper operation of all equipment used in Surgical Cutting Room and autopsy suite
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Responsibilities:
\n • Receiving specimens from the operating room and/or endoscopy suite.
\n • Clerical duties in the Surgical Pathology cutting room. Perform order entry and update in the LIS (Epic Beaker)
\n • Organizational skills and being able to prioritize daily activities.
\n • Handle small fragments of uncomplicated tissue samples
\n • Gross examination and submitting appropriate tissue sections from large, complicated surgical specimens for proper histologic diagnostic examination
\n • Preparing and cutting tissue samples for frozen sections at 5 μ (microns) in a cryostat
\n • Stain routine Hematoxylin/ Eosin
\n • Perform all routine work, quality control to ensure high standards in the laboratory
\n • Process requests from pathology residents and Attending to ensure that work order is complete
\n • Procurement of all fresh tissue samples for research and/or specialized studies( Cytogenetics, flow cytometry, EM,etc)
\n • Organizing/ storage and retrieval of surgical specimens until discarding
\n • Using a voice recognition application, dictate the gross examination of all types of specimen
\n • Knowledge of specimen rotation and retrieval methods in the cutting room and storage facilities
\n • Participation and assisting in organ evisceration and brain removal in autopsy cases
\n • Proper disposal of tissue and chemical waste in the cutting room and histology
\n • Perform any other functions as departmental needs requires it
\n • When necessary, able to train other staff on cutting room procedures

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