Position & Client Overview:

A health system in Grand Rapids, MI is in need of an experienced travel 2nd histologist for a 13-week contract.

9pm – 05:30 am

Salary: $2,275/week

Grand Rapids has a way of winning people over, especially if you’re here for the best seasons of the year. Spring wakes the city up with farmers markets, art fairs, and miles of riverfront trails that make even a quick walk feel like a reset. Summer is pure Michigan at its finest—Lake Michigan beaches are less than an hour away, festivals fill nearly every weekend, and the city’s parks and breweries spill outdoors with live music and food trucks. By fall, the whole region turns into a postcard of color, with apple orchards, cider mills, and scenic drives that make the most of crisp, golden afternoons.

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 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
• Or on the job trained/non certified per the lab approval with 5+ 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. #IND