Histo Tech

Baptist Health; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance reimbursement pro​g

Paid Time Off available for use upon/h

Company paid Maternity and Paternity?

Bereavement Leave (includes pets)

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with company match

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky seeks a Histology Technician for full-time, first shift, to prepare tissues for microscopic examination and assist pathologists in various examinations.

Requirements include an Associate Degree in Applied Sciences (preferred) and laboratory experience (preferred). Benefits and EEO commitments are highlighted in the posting.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Applied Sciences preferred.
• Laboratory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares all fluids for tissue processing and replaces used fluids.
• Labels cassettes and receptacles with accession number.
• Performs hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining on slides/cell blocks for histological preparations.
• Numbers specimens in the computer system with patient and specimen ID.
• Assists with processing specimens and frozen sections as required.

Skills

Laboratory experience

Education

Associate Degree in Applied Sciences

Job description

Summary Job Description

Histo Tech Full-Time, First Shift Responsible to section, stain and mount tissue specimens in preparation for microscopic examination by the pathologist. Assists the pathologist in making various examinations on submitted tissue specimens and subsequent preparations.

Job Duties

Prepares all fluids for tissue processing and replaces used fluids and processes all tissue specimens for microscopic examination. Labels all cassettes and receptacles with number corresponding to specimen accession number. Performs special stains hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) slides/cell blocks for histological preparations of various body fluids and tissue specimens. Numbers specimens received into computer system with proper identification as to the patient and specimen type. Assists with processing specimen(s) and frozen sections as required.

Requirements

Associate Degree Preferred Requirements Associate Degree in Applied Sciences preferred Laboratory experience preferred

Benefits

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with company match

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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