Pathologist Assistant - Day Shift

Pathologist Assistant - New York - Permanent Hire

Qualifications:

• State of New York License for Pathologist Assistant required
• Cryo-rotary Microtome (Leica, Microm, Tissue-Tek)
• Laboratory Information System: Epic Beaker
• Knowledge of the policies and procedures for all Surgical Cutting Room techniques
• Knowledge of the policies and procedures for all Autopsy techniques
• Knowledge of proper operation of all equipment used in Surgical Cutting Room and autopsy suite

Responsibilities:

• Receiving specimens from the operating room and/or endoscopy suite.

• Clerical duties in the Surgical Pathology cutting room. Perform order entry and update in the LIS (Epic Beaker).

• Organizational skills and being able to prioritize daily activities.

• Handle small fragments of uncomplicated tissue samples.

• Gross examination and submitting appropriate tissue sections from large, complicated surgical specimens for proper histologic diagnostic examination.

• Preparing and cutting tissue samples for frozen sections at 5 μ (microns) in a cryostat.

• Stain routine Hematoxylin/ Eosin.

• Perform all routine work, quality control to ensure high standards in the laboratory.

• Process requests from pathology residents and Attending to ensure that work order is complete.

• Procurement of all fresh tissue samples for research and/or specialized studies (Cytogenetics, flow cytometry, EM, etc).

• Organizing/ storage and retrieval of surgical specimens until discarding.

• Using a voice recognition application, dictate the gross examination of all types of specimen.

• Knowledge of specimen rotation and retrieval methods in the cutting room and storage facilities.

• Participation and assisting in organ evisceration and brain removal in autopsy cases.

• Proper disposal of tissue and chemical waste in the cutting room and histology.

• Perform any other functions as departmental needs requires it.

• When necessary, able to train other staff on cutting room procedures.