? Urgent! Histologist - Longview LAB - Full Time
Company: Christus Health
Location: Longview
Posted on: July 4, 2025
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Job Description:
Description Summary: The Histologist cuts, stains and mounts
specimens of human tissue to provide data on functioning of tissues
and organs, causes and/or progress of disease, following
established standards and practices. Responsibilities: - Meets
expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of
Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders. - Collects,
processes, and stores surgical/cytological specimens - Enters
patient information, orders, and technical information into LIS;
prints/organizes cassettes - Prepares specimens/slides/blocks for
referral - Orders, maintains referral log, processes reports, and
monitors pending - Maintains grossing area, frozen section room,
and autopsy suite including cleaning and stocking of supplies and
preparation of solutions - Performs technical procedures that
result in the creation of microscopic slide preparation - Within
acceptable TAT guidelines, devises and directs the performance of
routine and special stains to provide appropriate slides for the
microscopic evaluation of tissues, fluids, and other A/P specimens
- Operates microtomes, embedding stations, tissue processors,
staining equipment, cover slippers and other AP equipment to
provide quality slides for pathologist examinations - Operates
Immunostainer(s) to provide quality slides for diagnostics
immunostains - Performs manual stains, as needed, to provide
quality slides for diagnostic immunostains - Assists Pathologist’s
/ PA’s with frozen sections, fine needle aspirations, and autopsies
- Quality Control / Improvement: performs analysis and records QC
according to policy and procedure following CLIA, CAP, and Joint
Commission guidelines and standards - Maintenance/Lab Management:
performs established daily and periodic preventative maintenance
with documentation; troubleshoots minor problems and initiates
service calls as needed; orders and restocks supplies/reagents;
reviews policy & procedure manual; dates reagents and discards
expired reagents - Continuing Education/Development: attends,
reads, or listens by tape to material of 10-12 in-house educational
programs yearly; trains new staff in practices - Completes tasks or
special projects within time frame as assigned, or as requested by
Supervisors, Manager, or Director - Accreditation: follows CAP,
AABB, Compliance, CLIA, JCAHO, and OSHA standards and
prepares/participates in all applicable inspections - Follows
established protocols for safety, infection control, security,
compliance, and the use of hazardous materials Job Requirements:
Education/Skills - High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
Experience - No experience required Licenses, Registrations, or
Certifications - Histotechnologist (HLT) or Histologic tech (HT)
certification by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists
certification (ASCP) or eligible preferred Work Schedule: TBD Work
Type: Full Time
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