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Pathologist Assistant – Pathology & Immunology
| Company | Wash U |
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| Location | St. Louis, MO, USA |
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| Salary | $89400 – $138500 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level |
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Requirements
- Accredited Laboratory Environment (3 Years)
Responsibilities
- Preparation, gross description, and dissection of human tissue surgical specimens including: assuring appropriate specimen accessioning, describing gross anatomic features, photographing when needed, dissecting surgical specimens, preparing tissues for histologic processing.
- Assisting with frozen section tissue cutting, slide staining, and/or specimen transport.
- Identifying and sampling of normal and tumor tissue for the Tumor Bank for both patient care and research requirements.
- Performing duties relating to the administrative maintenance of surgical pathology protocols, reports, and data.
- Assuring proper maintenance of equipment, provision of adequate supplies, and cleanliness of the surgical pathology suite.
- Performing such administrative, budgetary, supervisory, teaching, and other duties as may be assigned including working with pathology residents and Pathologists’ Assistant students.
- Enhancement of professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in service meetings, and workshops.
- Maintenance of established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance programs, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
Preferred Qualifications
- Graduate of accredited pathologist assistant program with certification by ASCP preferred or a minimum of 3 years applicable experience in an accredited laboratory environment.
- Working knowledge of Pathologist Assistant theory.
- Previous experience working with pathology residents.
- Knowledge of remote pathology slide scanners for frozen sections such as Grundium and 3DHistech.
- Experience with Epic, CoPath, and Voiceover Pro.
