Histology Technician

Job Title: Histology Technician
Location: Detroit, MI 48202
Duration: 3 Months+ contract (Possible Extension)
 
Schedule Notes: 8:30 pm to 5 am Midnights
 
Job Summary:
Under limited supervision, routine techniques perform on surgical, autopsy, and research tissue according to standardized procedures. Operates and maintains laboratory instruments and equipment required to perform analysis.
 
Principle Duties And Responsibilities:

• Cuts surgical, autopsy, research and neuropathology tissue using a rotary microtome.
• Embeds surgical, autopsy, research, and neuropathology tissue.
• Stains, coverslips and labels surgical, autopsy, research and neuropathology tissue.
• Under supervision, performs special stains according to standardized procedures.
• Maintains all equipment and instruments. May demonstrate work to help onboard others.
• Mixes and maintains all solutions including stains and special fixatives.
• Maintains and records all QC, CAP, QA instrument function and maintenance records.
• Maintains a current inventory of all reagents and supplies.
• Adheres to Standard Work for all job duties and reports deviations for correction. Participates in data collection and quality improvement efforts.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

 
Required Education:

• Completion of an Associate’s Degree with coursework in Anatomy, Biology, and/or Chemistry,

OR

• Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree program in medical technology, medical laboratory sciences, clinical laboratory sciences, Chemistry, Microbiology, or Biology,

OR

• A High School Diploma or G.E.D. with two years of relevant laboratory experience in a work, academic, or volunteer capacity.

 
Required Certification & Licensure:

• HT(ASCP) certification preferred

 
Skills:

• Vision Near Acuity: Ability to see clearly at 20 inches or less.
• Depth Perception: Ability to judge distance and space relationships.
• Accommodation: Ability to adjust vision to bring objects into focus.
• Color Vision: Ability to distinguish and identify different colors necessary to perform job functions.

 
Schedule:
Hours Per Week: 40.00
Hours Per Day: 8.00
Days Per Week: 5.00