Histology Technician: Sign-On Bonus & Career Growth

Lifepoint Health®; Marquette (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

PTO and leave

Tuition assistance

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

UP Health System Marquette, part of Lifepoint Health, is seeking a Histology Technician for 1.0 FTE with varied shifts, on call and weekend rotation. The union position offers a $7,500 sign-on bonus for external eligible candidates and a mission-driven work environment focused on community health.

The role involves performing histology and cytology procedures, managing specimens, and ensuring quality control within a collaborative team at UP Health System Marquette.

Qualifications

• ASCP certification or equivalent registry required.
• Associate's degree required.

Responsibilities

• Performs procedures/protocols in Cytology, Histology, and Pathology.
• Receives and assigns accession numbers to tissue and fluid specimens and logs them into the AP computer system.
• Processes curettings and routine TUR and bone marrow specimens; reports abnormal or suspicious specimens.
• Prepares sections of body tissue specimens by fixation, decalcification, dehydration, and embedding for examination by a pathologist.
• Maintains work area in a safe, aseptic and organized manner.
• Performs and monitors quality control, calibration, and maintenance on equipment and tests.
• Participates in evaluating new techniques and instruments and developing new procedures.

Skills

ASCP certification

Histology procedures

Education

Associate's degree

ASCP or Equivalent Registry

Job description

UP Health System Marquette, part of Lifepoint Health, is seeking a Histology Technician for 1.0 FTE with varied shifts, on call and weekend rotation. The union position offers a $7,500 sign-on bonus for external eligible candidates and a mission-driven work environment focused on community health.

The role involves performing histology and cytology procedures, managing specimens, and ensuring quality control within a collaborative team at UP Health System Marquette.