Job Summary:
The Pathologists’ Assistant is primarily responsible for assisting the pathologist with surgical specimens and other related duties.
-Assists, under the supervision of the pathologist, in selection, preparation, and dissection of surgical tissue sections for routine microscopic examination, immunofluorescence, electron microscopy, and other studies where specified.
-Assists in photography and gross description of surgical specimens.
-Ensures accuracy of surgical specimen patient information as well as accurate gross descriptions.
-Assists in the selection and preparation of tissue sections for intraoperative consultations (frozen section), including embedding tissue, cutting tissue on a cryostat, and staining of tissue slides.
-Procures fresh tissue samples for Biorepository tissue banking, ancillary studies such as cytogenetics, flow cytometry, and/or snap freezing for both therapeutic and research purposes.
-Utilizes the Faxitron to obtain x-ray images and sends them to the PACS system.
Required Skills & Experience:
-Minimum of 10 years’ experience.
-Required Pathology Assistant experience, either PA master's degree or 5+ years experience of grossing high complexing specimens.
-Frozen section experience preferred, but not mandatory
Required Education:
-Bachelor’s degree from a NAACLS accredited institution as a pathologists’ assistant with training that must include both didactic lectures and on-site clinical training in anatomic pathology, specifically surgical and autopsy pathology.
-Bachelor degree must be in Health Sciences or other biological discipline.
Preferred Education:
-Master’s Degree.
Required Certifications & Licensure:
-ASCP certification as an on-the-job trained PA in a hospital laboratory performing technical duties relating to anatomic pathology with documented competencies in prosecution of simple to complex specimens.
-American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).