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Histology Assistant 3
Full Time
Inova Health 
Fairfax, VA 22032Inova Laboratories is seeking a full-time, day shift, Histology Assistant 3 to join our Central Lab Histology team.
Inova Benefits and Perks:
Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage
Life Insurance, Short/Long Term Disability
NEW! 4 weeks PAID PARENTAL LEAVE
Retirement: Inova matches dollar for dollar the first 5% of your eligible pay that you contribute to the plan
Competitive salary: Pay based experience
Amazing Paid Time Off: Accrue PTO hours on your very first day of work
Supplemental Plans: Including Auto/Home Insurance discounts, Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection
Additional Benefits: Educational Assistance of up to $5,250/year, Student Loan Refinancing, Adoption Assistance, Child Care Centers, Scholarship Program, Free Parking, Exclusive savings opportunities to in-store events, theme parks, discounts, movie tickets and local offerings and so much more!
Requirements for consideration:
Minimum Education:
- High School Diploma, GED, or documented foreign equivalent
Years of Experience:
- 2 Years of histology experience
Job Responsibilities
- Uses time to departmental advantage: is flexible; adapts; multitasks. (by direct observation, 3 variances/yr.)
- Resolves problems or communicates unresolved problems to the staff/management. (by observation: 4 variances/yr.)
- Maintains coworker confidentiality. (by direct observation, 2 variances/yr.)
- Follows site specific SOPs, manuals, and instructions. (by direct observation, 4 variances/yr.)
- Follows regulatory agency guidelines (CAP, JCAHO, Medicare, OSHA, state, FDA). (by direct observation, at all times)
- Stays informed: attends meetings or reads minutes; signs off on changes, in a timely manner; reads e-mail; reads/watches informational memos/articles/videos. (by direct observation, 4 variances/yr.)
- Meets any continuing education requirements. (by direct observation, "yes")
- Performs additional duties as assigned. (by direct observation: 1 variance/yr.)
- Follows regulatory agency guidelines (CAP, JCAHO, Medicare, OSHA, state, FDA). (by direct observation, at all times)
- Ensure cassettes and slides are labeled accurately, according to established procedures.
- Process specimens in appropriate fixatives, reagents, and programs, according to established procedures.
- Maintain laboratory equipment in a clean and operational state, according to established procedures.
- Demonstrate troubleshooting skills and corrective actions skills with any instrument and specimen error.
- Perform accurate blocks and verification, and reconcile any issues, according to the established procedures.
- Obtain and organize specimens correctly for further processing, according to established procedures. (no more than 4 variances/yr.)
- Label cassettes accurately, according to established procedures. (no more than 5 variances/yr.)
- Process specimens in appropriate fixatives or decalcification agents, to include special lymph node defatting procedures, and preparation of flow cytometry media, according to established procedures. (no more than 2 variances/yr.)
- Maintain grossing stations and frozen section rooms in a clean and operational state, according to established procedures. (at all times)
- Handle slides, blocks, and tissues (to include filing, retrieval, and disposal) in a timely and accurate manner, according to established procedures. (no more than 6 variances/yr.)
- Organize periodic QA materials for pathology peer review, in a timely manner, according to established procedures. (no more than 2 variances/yr)
- Accession specimens, order procedures, enter level charges, and generate slide labels quickly and accurately in the L.I.S., according to established procedures. (no more than 4 variances/yr.). Enter level charges, process specimens and generate slide labels quickly and accurately in the L.I.S., according to established procedures.
- Order supplies to maintain adequate inventory levels at all time, according to established procedures. (no more than 3 emergency orders/yr.)
- Process send-outs accurately and completely, according to established procedures. (at all times)
- Track percentage of slides and cases that are sent out to OU daily.
- Accurately and quickly perform embedding without cross contamination, according to established procedures.
- Perform frozen section staining, according to established procedures. (no more than 4 variances/yr.)
- Coverslip stained slides quickly and uniformly ensuring they are clean, neat, and free of artifacts, according to established procedures. (no more than 6 variances/yr.)
- Label slides accurately, matching slides to correct protocol, according to established procedures. (no more than 5 variances/yr.)
- Assist the pathologist with autopsies, to possibly include opening and closing of the body, according to established procedures and to the satisfaction of the pathologist. (no more than 2 variances/yr.)
- Maintain optimal technical quality in preparation and staining of slides, according to established procedures. (no more than 4 variances/yr.)
- Perform necessary QA and clerical duties, according to established procedures. Perform necessary QA and clerical duties, according to established procedures. (no more than 2 variances/yr.) Understand principles and procedures of specimen processing in order to prepare the best cytological preparation, in an independent manner, according to established procedures. (no more than 4 variances/yr.)
- Assist with FNA and bone marrow specimen collection and slide preparation, according to established procedures. (no more than 4 variances/yr.)
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