Histologist - Longview LAB - Full Time

Company: Christus Health
Location: Longview
Posted on: May 16, 2025

Job Description:

Description
Summary:

The Histologist cuts, stains and mounts specimens of human tissue to provide data on functioning of tissues and organs, causes and/or progress of disease, following established standards and practices.



Responsibilities:

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
  
• Collects, processes, and stores surgical/cytological specimens
  
• Enters patient information, orders, and technical information into LIS; prints/organizes cassettes
  
• Prepares specimens/slides/blocks for referral
  
• Orders, maintains referral log, processes reports, and monitors pending
  
• Maintains grossing area, frozen section room, and autopsy suite including cleaning and stocking of supplies and preparation of solutions
  
• Performs technical procedures that result in the creation of microscopic slide preparation
  
• Within acceptable TAT guidelines, devises and directs the performance of routine and special stains to provide appropriate slides for the microscopic evaluation of tissues, fluids, and other A/P specimens
  
• Operates microtomes, embedding stations, tissue processors, staining equipment, cover slippers and other AP equipment to provide quality slides for pathologist examinations
  
• Operates Immunostainer(s) to provide quality slides for diagnostics immunostains
  
• Performs manual stains, as needed, to provide quality slides for diagnostic immunostains
  
• Assists Pathologist's / PA's with frozen sections, fine needle aspirations, and autopsies
  
• Quality Control / Improvement: performs analysis and records QC according to policy and procedure following CLIA, CAP, and Joint Commission guidelines and standards
  
• Maintenance/Lab Management: performs established daily and periodic preventative maintenance with documentation; troubleshoots minor problems and initiates service calls as needed; orders and restocks supplies/reagents; reviews policy & procedure manual; dates reagents and discards expired reagents
  
• Continuing Education/Development: attends, reads, or listens by tape to material of 10-12 in-house educational programs yearly; trains new staff in practices
  
• Completes tasks or special projects within time frame as assigned, or as requested by Supervisors, Manager, or Director
  
• Accreditation: follows CAP, AABB, Compliance, CLIA, JCAHO, and OSHA standards and prepares/participates in all applicable inspections
  
• Follows established protocols for safety, infection control, security, compliance, and the use of hazardous materials
  
  
  
  Job Requirements:
  
  Education/Skills
  
  
  • High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
    
    Experience
    
    
    • No experience required
      
      Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
      
      
      • Histotechnologist (HLT) or Histologic tech (HT) certification by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists certification (ASCP) or eligible preferred -
        
        Work Schedule:
        
        TBD
        
        
        
        Work Type:
        
        Full Time

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