Pathologist Assistant - New York - Permanent Hire - CLICK AND APPLY NOW!

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

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