PRN Histology Technician

Medical Pathology Associates; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Medical Pathology Associates in Houston, TX is seeking a Histology Technician to produce high-quality diagnostic materials for pathologists, handling grossing, embedding, sectioning, stains, and IHC.

The role requires adherence to QC, LIS documentation, PPE, and potential gross dissection with credentialing.

Candidates typically have an Associate or Bachelor's in a related science, NAACLS histotechnician program, HT/HTL registration, and 1–5 years of experience.

Qualifications

• Must have a science degree or equivalent with lab exposure.
• Approved NAACLS histotechnician program or active HT/HTL registration.
• 1–5 years of histology experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality diagnostic materials as directed by pathologist.
• Grossing, embedding, and H&E slide preparation.
• Perform special stains and IHC via in-house or reference labs.
• Quality control and documentation using LIS and spreadsheets.
• Maintain instruments, PPE and lab spaces; ensure safety.

Skills

Attention to detail

Laboratory workflow

Quality control

Education

Associate or Bachelor in related science

NAACLS Histotechnician program

60 credits in biology/chemistry

Tools

LIS

Job description

The Histology Technician produces HIGH QUALITY diagnostic and testing materials for our Pathologist on specimens received from clients on patients. All three entities are our customers and the work of the Histologist- from start to archive- is expected to be exemplary, with attention to detail and great care to protect and serve these customers in the best manner possible.

Key Job Functions

1. Produce high quality diagnostic materials as requested by the pathologist to progress each specimen. These materials may be generated in any of the following processes:
2. Grossing, processing, embedding and routine H&E slides
3. Special stains, recuts, deepers, and other additional slide presentations
4. IHC, either in house or through affiliated reference labs
5. Supporting send-out, reference or other related work requested by, or of, our laboratory
6. Performs Quality Control and documentation of all recorded processes using the laboratory information system, spreadsheets, and manual methods, as applicable. Understands the use of a ‘hard stop’ – holding the progress of a case to facilitate resolution of an issue to facilitate optimal patient care
7. Cleans and/or maintains instrumentation, work benches and spaces, archived materials, and other relevant products
8. Use of blood borne pathogen safety methods and personal protective equipment (PPE) as required.
9. Has a strong working knowledge of basic computing programs (PC) as well as the lab information system (LIS) to manage workflow, document issues, look up cases and other routine inquiries. Able to follow a procedure to accession and perform other less frequent tasks on a PC and LIS
10. With appropriate credentials, may be trained and scheduled to perform gross dissection for pathology specimens. Separate credentialing and training will be added at the commencement of this additional task

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Strong preference given to Associates or Bachelors degree in a related science filed, or successful completion of a National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS) accredited Histotechnician or Histotechnologist program or Associates, Bachelors, or accrued credits of 60 semester hours from a regionally accredited college or university, with a combination of 24 hours equally divided between biology and chemistry
• Valid registration as Histotechnician HT or HTL required, preference give to HT or HTL certification of QIHC
• 1-5 years of prior experience