Pathology Assistant
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician Assistant
Specialty
Pathology
Degree Required
MPAS/MHS/MMSc/MPH
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Staten Island, New York, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
2/07/25
Our client, a not-for-profit teaching hospital serving an ethnically diverse community in New York City, is hiring a Pathology Assistant. The Pathology Assistant will implement the hospital's mission, goals and objectives by exemplifying the short-and-long-term vision, values and goals of the department by providing professional laboratory science services in the department's surgical pathology and autopsy sections, including performance of duties described below.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Receive tissue specimens submitted from the operating room, nursing floors and specialty rooms. Such specimens will be checked for appropriate submission, properly numbered and logged.
- Describe the specimens received and descriptions thereafter to be typed into CoPath or completed by secretarial staff.
- Obtain the proper representative tissue specimen for subsequent preparation of appropriate slides; such specimens will be appropriately labeled and indicated in our daily tissue accession log. Prepared slides will thereafter be reviewed.
- Assist in the performance of autopsies.
- Prepare a written Gross Examination Report, to be checked and approved by the Pathologist prior to completion.
- Participate in on-call evenings and weekends, either in the Hospital or at home, to receive telephone calls relating to autopsy consent or other problems within the laboratory service.
Requirements:
- Associate’s Degree or certification equivalent required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
- 3+ years of Pathology Assistant experience
- NYS Pathology Assistant permit
Salary: The posted range is not a guarantee. The actual salary will be based on qualifications, experience, and education and could fall outside of this range. Contact us for more information.
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