Experience
- Minimum 2 years hospital experience required
- Grossing experience required
- Previous travel experience preferred
License & Certification Required
- Valid CA License
- ASCP-HT
- Associate's Degree in Science
Skills Required
- Additive fixatives
- Automated/Manual Microtome
- Automatic tissue processor
- Basic dye stains
- Calcified/decalcified tissue
- Coagulant/non-coagulant fixatives
- Core biopsies
- Cytoplasmic stains
- Decalcification
- Embedding techniques (GI specimens, large specimens, molds, skin techniques, smalls and bigs)
- Frozen Section preparation
- Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain
- IHC staining (Immunohistochemistry)
- Microtomy of various tissue types
- Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS) stain
- Special Stains
- Thin Prep preparation
- Cell block preparation
- Cytospin and gyn specimens
Desired Skills
- Charting System experience (Epic preferred)
- Hospital clinical laboratory experience
- Identifying Artifacts
