Calhoun, Georgia
Posted: 11-Jan-25
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Categories:
Internal Number: 25000683
Histotechnologist III
Early Morning Shift
3am-11am
All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:
- Benefits from Day One
- Paid Days Off from Day One
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Career Development
- Whole Person Wellbeing Resources
- Mental Health Resources and Support
Our promise to you:
Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.
Schedule: Full Time, Mornings
3am-11am
Location: AdventHealth
301 Memorial Medical Parkway Daytona Beach, FL 32117
The role you’ll contribute:
Processes specimens for pathologic diagnosis, tissue fixation, processing, preparing and staining slides for microscopic examination by the pathologist.
The value you’ll bring to the team:
- Assists in training new employees and histology students/interns while providing leadership and mentoring to histotechnicians, fellow histotechnologists, and laboratory support staff to maintain optimal operations and outstanding customer service
- May perform quality control testing, equipment maintenance, identification of problems that may affect test performance or reporting of test results, and troubleshooting practices
- Ensures the analytic accuracy, precision, and sensitivity in test methods
- Maintains established facility and department policies and procedures
- Performs analytical activities related to specimen processing, embedding, microtomy, routine and special histologic staining, frozen sectioning, cover slipping and handling of irreplaceable tissue, surgical and body fluid specimens
- Participates in proficiency testing program as assigned. Ensures that proficiency testing deadlines are met and samples are analyzed in the same manner as patient samples
- May perform immunohistochemical staining and documents quality control,
- May prepare specimens utilize for research requests
- Ensures special stains are performed on tissues, as needed
- May perform special staining, maintaining solutions and documents quality control
The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:
Minimum qualifications:
- Associate's degree in a related field
- Five years of experience as a Histology technician/technologist in a Histology laboratory setting
- In licensure states, must hold licensure as a Histotechnologist for the department.
