Pathologist Assistant — Lab (Mixed Shift) | Sign-On Bonus

UMass Memorial Health; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 49,125 - 88,441; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Signing bonus possible

Job summary

UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, MA is recruiting a Pathologist Assistant to support gross pathology and specimen handling in a busy surgical pathology lab. You will perform dissection, select tissue sections, and assist in frozen sections and slide preparation.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree, with preferred Master's and certification from NAACLS; a signing bonus may be available and final offers vary by experience and internal equity considerations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in appropriate field of study.

Responsibilities

• Performs gross surgical pathology functions including dissection, examination and gross dictation of large and small surgical specimens, performance of frozen sections photomicrography of cytological and histological preparations, and gross photography.
• Selects and submits tissue sections for microscopic examination, i.e. frozen and pertinent sections for light, electron and immunofluorescence microscopy, tumor bank and special studies.
• Maintain tumor bank specimens.
• Assists in the training and teaching of residents and post-sophomore fellows in the performance of surgical and decedent pathology functions, including dictation, performance of frozen sections, and photography.
• Performs human post-mortem examinations including review of the patients' chart with the resident, performing external examination, in situ organ inspection, dissection, demonstration of findings to supervising pathologist, selection and submission of tissue sections for microscopic and cytological studies.
• Assists in Quality Assurance. Responsible for procurement and graphing of data for prospective, retrospective and slide conference reviews, random reviews, and frozen section discrepancies.
• Attends liver biopsies and other selected biopsies as indicated for the purpose of triaging the specimen for diagnostic and research purposes. Will deliver all specimens to their final destination in the STAT and various research labs.
• Oversees and assists in the general accessioning and logging in of surgical specimens.
• Assists pathologist in a variety of tasks.

Education

Bachelor's degree in appropriate field of study

Job description

UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, MA is recruiting a Pathologist Assistant to support gross pathology and specimen handling in a busy surgical pathology lab. You will perform dissection, select tissue sections, and assist in frozen sections and slide preparation.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree, with preferred Master's and certification from NAACLS; a signing bonus may be available and final offers vary by experience and internal equity considerations.