Histotechnologist
At Urology Austin, our mission is committed to improving the lives of patients and their families through compassionate, quality, and ethical care.
In choosing a career with Urology Austin, you are choosing to improve the lives of patients and their families through a collaborative team-driven approach in an innovative, quality-driven, community-based setting. Better Medicine. Better Care.
Job Summary:
Under the supervision of a Pathologist, prepares microscopic tissue slides for diagnostic/research purposes from formalin fixed specimens to the finished stained slides, maintains specimens, accessions specimens, equipment logs and laboratory environment.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Prepares microscopic slides on human tissue for diagnostic purposes.
- Performs histochemical and immunohistochemical stains on a variety of slide mounted tissues.
- Performs manual and computerized data entry to accession specimens and maintain logs and recording.
- Prepares or maintains all necessary reagents, including stains, alcohols, and paraffin’s according to proper specification.
- Maintains laboratory equipment.
- Maintains accurate records.
- All other duties as assigned by a pathologist for the diagnosis of patients by histological microscopic means.
Qualifications and Skills:
- High School Diploma required.
- A minimum of two years experience in a histology laboratory setting.
- HT certification by the ASCP (American Society for Pathology Services)
- Knowledge of programming and operation of Histology related IHC equipment.
- Basic know of Windows Office Products.
- Basic knowledge of data entry and patient demographics.
- Ability to approach problems/decisions analytically.
- Ability to maintain detailed records by daily, weekly, monthly and annual maintenance, and maintaining slides and tissue blocks in an organized fashion as part of patients’ medical record.
- Ability to use microtomes, tissue processors and tissue embedding and slide staining stations, perform microtomy and other functions related to the production of diagnostic microscope slides
- Excellent communication and verbal skills, ability to prioritize and interact effectively with al levels of management, staff and physicians.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision.
- Able to perform basic instrument preventive maintenance.
Urology Austin offers a competitive benefits package to eligible employees. Below are some of the benefits you may receive as an employee at Urology Austin.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Short & Long Term Disability
- 401(k) with Employer Contributions and Profit Sharing
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Group Term Life Insurance
- Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Account
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Competitive Wages
- Paid Holidays, No Weekends