Job Description

Job role: Histology Medical Technologist

Location: Fresno, CA

Contract Length: 365 days from award date.

Required Certificates/Licenses:

*Medical Technologist/Clinical Laboratory Scientist.

*BLS

Technical Proficiency: Contract HT(s) shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the government's requirements, including the ability to speak, understand, read, and write English fluently.

HOURS OF OPERATION

Business Hours:

*Laboratory operates 24 hours/day.

*7 days/week. 

* Including Federal Holidays.

Work Schedule:

*Contractor HT hours will be Monday through Friday, 06:00 to 14:30.

CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Scope of Care: 

*Contractor HT(s) (as appropriate and within scope of practice/ privileging) shall be responsible for performing routine and complex histological procedures, preparing technically adequate slides of tissue sections by processing tissue blocks; embedding, cutting, staining, and cover slipping, performing needle biopsies, frozen section procedure, and assisting with autopsy procedures.

* Receiving, and accessioning specimens from various locations including, but not limited to, surgery, outpatient clinics, and emergency department. Processing tissue into paraffin blocks, cutting staining and cover slipping slides, delivering slides to the pathologist for diagnosis.

* Assist with autopsy procedures including preparing the body for dissecting, making the initial cavity incision, dissecting and removing tissue, weighing and recording tissue weights and sizes and preserving tissue for microscopic exam, obtaining specimens for microbiologic cultures, closing the incision and preparing the body for delivery to the mortuary.

* Maintain the histology laboratory in an orderly fashion, filing blocks and slides in accordance established protocols.

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Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Contract work, For contractors, Monday to Friday,

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