Histology Tech - Mckennan Hospital

Full Time

MCK Lab Histology

1325 S Cliff Ave

Technical/Professional (Clinical)

Day Shift

Join the team at Avera!

Award Winning Health Care: Avera has been named among the nation's 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America's Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.

Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

Join Avera as a Histology Technologist and join a mission driven organization with a great company culture, and team environment.

You may be eligible for a $15,000 sign on bonus with a 3-yr commitment

Avera is one of the top labs in the nation!

• First CAP/ISO 15189 Hospital Medical & Anatomic Pathology Certified Laboratory in the country

• Currently the longest accredited CAP/ISO 15189 Laboratory in the country

• Fully automated Histology Lab

• Only lab to be ISO Cycle 5 accredited

• Awarded MLO Lab of the Year for 2023 with the U.S.

Additional Highlights:

PTO on Day 1 of your employment!

Options available for free health insurance!

Student Loan Repayment: This position may be eligible for Avera's Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster.

What You Will Do:

You will prepare surgical tissue specimens for evaluation by producing stained glass slides of human tissue for microscopic examination. A Pathologist then uses these stained slides to establish and confirm a patient diagnosis.

You will perform a variety of standardized clinical histotechnology laboratory tests and procedures under the supervision of the Histology Supervisor and Pathologist, some of which include:

• Frozen Sectioning- preparing frozen tissue for rapid diagnosis during surgical procedures

• Fine Needle Aspiration Assistance- preparing aspirated samples for rapid diagnosis during surgical procedures

• Processing- proper tissue fixation, removal of water, and infiltration of paraffin wax

• Embedding- orienting tissue in paraffin wax

• Microtomy- cutting thin tissue sections and mounting those sections on glass slides for staining

• Routine Staining- staining tissue sections with Hematoxylin & Eosin

• Manual and Automated Histochemical Staining- staining for elements of tissue sections including micro-organisms and various cellular components

You will also be responsible for maintaining the laboratory work areas, equipment, and staining solutions.

Education and Certification:

• A minimum of an associate degree from a regionally accredited college/university with a combination of 12 semester hours of biology and chemistry or acceptance into an accredited histology certificate program is required

• Certification as a Histology Technician (HT) from the American Society Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification is required or must be received within 16 months of employment.

Work Schedule:

• Day Schedule: Monday

• Friday; 8 hour shifts; Start times range from 3:30 am

• 9:30 am

• Full time 80hrs/2wks ; Rotate every 6th Weekend; Call every 12th weekend

• Eligible for shift differential pay on weekends and early starts before 7am.

Pay

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

• $23.25 - $34.00 per hour

What Makes Avera Special?