Histology Technician

Histology Technician Bakersfield, CA Sunday-Thursday 11:45pm-8:15am Summary/Objective The Histology Technician is responsible for preparing slides from tissue samples for the pathologist to review. They are also responsible for prioritizing testing procedures and completing those procedures in an accurate and timely manner while maintaining proper accurate records of all tests done in accordance with established policies, procedures, and regulations. Essential Functions • Daily cleaning and set up of work area to include instruments, waterbath, microtome, and workbench • Paraffin embedding of routine anatomical (non-Dermatology) Pathology tissue specimens. • Ability to produce quality sections of all paraffin embedded routine (no Alopecia's) anatomical Pathology tissue specimens cutting of all levels , recuts , re-embeds and stains • Basic understanding of the H&E stain • Ability to check H&E control for stain quality • Daily maintenance of the Prisma stainer and coverslipper retriev...