Hospital Lab Technician II - Per Diem - Limited

UCSF Health, AG • San Francisco, CA, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1m ago

Pathology - Surgical Histology

Per Diem

80482BR

Job Summary

Incumbents in this position are referred to as Hospital Lab Technicians. Under the general supervision of the Medical Directors, Site Managers, and the section Supervisors, depending on rotation, the incumbent performs a variety of tasks in any Divisions in the Pathology Department. Responsibilities include:

Receiving, accessioning, and distributing tissue (histopathological), cytological, and administrative cases.
Answering telephones and completing a daily morgue report.
Setting up frozen section areas and retrieving samples from the PeriOp areas.
Storing and discarding tissue samples.
Preparing or “grossing in” specified surgical specimens, including biopsies and larger specimens.
Examining specimens grossly, weighing, measuring, fixing, inking, cutting representative samples, cassettes, and submitting specimens for histological processing.
Dictating clinical descriptions for report transcription and contacting clinicians/surgeons regarding clinical information.
Entering information into the Pathology computer system.
Processing a variety of specimen types including biopsies and specified non-complex specimens.
Performing frozen sectioning/staining for rapid diagnosis by the pathologist.
Assisting with specimen photography and other technical duties as needed.
Working variable schedules and rotating at other sites as needed.
Assisting with autopsies and other Morgue duties, embedding tissues, and performing tasks in the Cytology or Electron Microscopy Laboratories or Administrative areas.
Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Completion of a Bachelor’s degree, or two years of college and applicable pathology department experience, or five years’ experience working in a hospital pathology department.
This position requires flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Medical Center locations.
Knowledge of Windows applications.
Ability to understand the complexities within a specialty department.
Successful completion of APeX registration training within the first 6 months of hire.
Excellent data entry, word processing, spelling, grammar, and editing skills.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required.
Knowledge of medical terminology.
Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities and perform well under pressure to meet deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in biological science with experience in hospital gross room setting.
Completion of an approved clinical laboratory training program, or at least 3 months documented laboratory training in Surgical Pathology grossing.
Previous work experience in Pathology department.
Coursework in Biology/Anatomy.
Previous experience working in Pathology or a medical laboratory environment.
Working knowledge of APeX and/or CoPath systems.
May be trained to gross in specimens in categories 1-3 if HLT III educational requirements are met and operational need exists.

About UCSF

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