Histotechnician
Job ID:
R123321
Shift:
3rd
Full/Part Time:
Full_time
Pay Range:
$23.20 – $34.80
Location:
Rosemont, IL – 5400 Pearl St
Rosemont, IL 60018
Benefits Eligible:
Yes
Hours Per Week:
40
Our Commitment to You:
Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:
Compensation
- Base compensation within the position’s pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
- Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate’s job
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
Benefits and more
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Full-time 40 hours per week from 10:00 p.m. – 6:30 a.m.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensures specimens are properly accessioned, labeled, and suitable for testing. Cuts quality tissue sections with proper thickness as determined by tissue type and places properly on glass slides.
- Embeds tissue into paraffin blocks. Maintains a filing system for paraffin tissue blocks, slides and wet tissue.
- Processes tissue using processors to ensure full preservation and infiltration by paraffin.
- Performs routine and special stains, immunohistochemistry, cover slipping, verification, and distribution of slides.
- Retrieves and prints computer logs. Manages daily workflow for recuts, special stains, immunohistochemistry, control slides, and send-outs according to established protocols.
- Performs and documents quality control. Evaluates quality control results and takes corrective action under the guidance of key operators, technical specialists or supervisor.
- Performs and documents cleaning, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of instruments and equipment.
- Assists pathologists during frozen section procedures.
- Ensures compliance with all accrediting agency standards.
- Provides assistance to pathologists, externs, and other team members.
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- License/Registration/Certification Required: n/a
- Education Required: Advanced training beyond high school in a science related field
- Experience Required: No experience required
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED
- Knowledge of human anatomy
- Must be detail oriented and have good organizational and communication skills
- Must know how to safely handle sharp instruments
- Proficient computer skills
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- Sits and stands the majority of the workday as well as walks, lifts, squats, bends and twists throughout
- Frequently lifts up to 10 lbs. Will occasionally be required to lift up to 50 lbs
- May be exposed to mechanical, electrical, chemical, explosive, radioactive and infectious agents
- Will be exposed to human blood, body fluids and tissue
- Must wear appropriate lab coat, gloves, gowns and eye and face protection as needed
- Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job
This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.
Advocate Health Care is the largest health system in Illinois and a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. One of the state’s largest private employers, the system serves patients across 11 hospital locations, including two children’s campuses, and more than 250 sites of care. Advocate Health Care, in addition to Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin and Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, is now a part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides nearly $5 billion in annual community benefits.
