Position & Client Overview:

Our client, one of the largest premier health systems west of Philadelphia, is looking for a day shift histology bench technician/technologist. Join their health system which consists of more than 500 employees across the region.

Pay Range: $65,000-103,700

The facility is located in Reading, a small city founded in the late 18th century with much of its historical and industrial heritage preserved.

Spend your days off meandering Amish country. Lancaster is only 40 minutes south. It’s one of the oldest Amish communities in the country and offers wide open spaces and a peaceful change of pace.

Philadelphia is about a 90-minute car ride making it a wonderful weekend destination for fascinating museums, vibrant parks, national historic sites and delicious food.

The health system offers health, dental, and vision as well as short and long-term disability, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, retirement savings programs, as well as PTO, paid holidays, educational assistance, plus so much more. 

Job Summary:

Perform routine specimen preparation which involves cutting various tissue types and mounting them on glass slides for examination under the microscope by the pathologist.

Nationally certified histotechnician experienced in receiving, processing, and preparing patient tissue specimens for microscopic examination and analysis by the pathologist. Able to perform complex histologic procedures, recognize deviations from expected results, and analyze and correct problems using scientific principles learned from NAACLS training and one years of experience.

Skill Requirements:

• Calibrate, operate, troubleshoot and maintain the equipment
• Dexterity and good hand-eye coordination are required to collect and prepare specimens
• Lab safety and infection prevention is of paramount importance

 

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Remove tissue from a preservative solution, remove water from the sample, and replace it with paraffin wax
• Embed sample in a larger block of wax to prepare it for slicing before mounting it on a microtome
• Slice or section the sample then stain with special dyes and mount on a slide for viewing with a microscope

 

Education, Certification, & Experience:

• Associate or Bachelor's Degree or 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) from a regionally accredited college/university with a combination of 12 semester hours (18 quarter hours) of biology and chemistry
• HT/L(ASCP) certification
• Two (2) years of experience

Must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

HealthCare Connections, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or other protected status pursuant to law.