Histotechnologist -GMC- Full Time - Nights

Join our team at Geisinger Medical Laboratories. You can find your passion for caring and innovation as a team member in our state-of-the-art laboratories. Our mission is to provide exceptional patient care through innovative, efficient, and high-quality laboratory services. Job Duties: Processes and prepares tissue specimens for examination by Pathologists. Identifies and determines proper orientation of tissue specimens and embeds specimens in paraffin to ensure proper alignment for sectioning. Performs microtomy at proper micron to render quality sections for diagnoses. Produces consistently good quality microscopic slides that can be readily reviewed and interpreted by the Pathologist. Performs routine and special staining procedures as required to distinguish cells and organisms for diagnostic examination. Maintains equipment, participates in established preventive maintenance program, and alerts Analytical Specialist of any equipment problems. Assists in proper handling and storage of supplies, notifies Analytical Specialist when inventory is low. Assists with department's Quality Improvement program through active participation in patient specimen identification and quality tracking measures. Assists in the evaluation and validation of new instruments and new technologies as needed. Participation in completion of assigned initial and subsequent competency assessment examinations required and maintains working knowledge of applicable Laboratory Information System programs and system changes. Participates in the training and orientation of new employees.