LABORATORY ASSISTANT PATHOLOGY

Job Locations: US-CA-Oceanside Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Tri-City Medical Center has served San Diego County’s coastal communities of Carlsbad, Oceanside and Vista, as well as the surrounding region for more than 60 years and is one of the largest employers in North San Diego County. Tri-City is administered by the Tri-City Healthcare District, a California Hospital District. As a full-service acute care public hospital with over 500 physicians practicing in over 60 specialties, Tri-City is vital to the well-being of our community and serves as a healthcare safety net for many of our citizens. The hospital has received a Gold Seal of Approval® from the Joint Commission showcasing a commitment to safe and effective patient care for the residents of the community./spanspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Tri-City Medical Center prides itself on being the home to leading orthopedic, spine and cardiovascular health services while also specializing in world-class robotic surgery, cancer and emergency care. Tri-City’s Emergency Department is there for your loved ones in their time of need and is highly regarded for our heart attack and stroke treatment programs. When minutes matter Tri-City is your source for quality compassionate care close to home. Tri-City partners with over 90 local non-profit and community organizations as part of our COASTAL Commitment initiative. Together we are helping tackle some of our communities’ pressing health and social needs./span/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" /span/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"stronguspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Position Summary/span/u/strongstrongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;":/span/strong/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"The primary functions of the Lab Assistant in Pathology are specimen handling and transport, specimen processing and staining in histology and cytology, clerical support, inventory monitoring, assisting the Pathology Assistant and Pathologists in the gross processing of tissue specimens, and assisting in procedural areas for slide preparation./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"The skills set required for this position involves extensive training to develop the knowledge and skill level necessary for independent, safe work performance. The extended training includes developing expertise in frozen sections, reagent preparation, safe handling of hazardous chemicals and carcinogens and gross assisting./span/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" /span/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"stronguspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Major Position Responsibilities/span/u/stronguspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;":/span/u/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;" /pp style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;"The position characteristics reflect the most important duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job in a fully competent manner. They should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. The characteristics of the position and standards of performance may be changed by TCMC with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization./span/pullispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Process surgical pathology and other types of specimens received in the laboratory. This task includes specimen transport, handling, sorting, requisition entry, accessioning, and distribution of specimens to all laboratory sections; dispose of specimens in accordance with laboratory specimen retention and safety policies./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Set up gross stations and assists the Pathology Assistant and Pathologists with grossing procedures; clean up grossing workstation; assist with autopsy./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Assists Radiologists with slide specimen preparation in procedural areas./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Prepares specimens for referral lab testing, stains histology and cytology slides using appropriate staining techniques, prepares frozen sections for interpretation/span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Prepares reagents according to lab procedure; handles hazardous chemicals in accordance with lab policy and OSHA safety standards./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Maintains laboratory including temperature monitoring, morgue maintenance, instrument maintenance, and take inventory of reagents and supplies; restock when needed and put away supplies as they are received./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Performs other duties as assigned./span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Safety and Infection Control Responsibilities/span/strongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" /span/pullispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Responsible to maintain a safe and clean work environment, including unit based specific safety and infection control requirements/span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" /span/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"stronguspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Qualifications: /span/u/strong/pullispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"two years of relevant work experience in a laboratory, required./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Knowledge and ability to use medical terminology, required./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Excellent professional communication and interpersonal skills are essential./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Ability to absorb and master new information/span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"stronguspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Education:/span/u/strong/pullispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"High School Diploma or GED required.    /span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Associates degree (2 years college) in life science courses or equivalent, preferred. /span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"stronguspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Certification:/span/u/strong/pullispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"American Society for Clinical Pathology Medical Laboratory Assistant Certification, preferred./span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" /span/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Each new hire candidate who is offered employment must pass a physical evaluation, urine drug screen and pre-employment background checks before starting work./span/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"*Salary/Hourly Wage range based on experience. /span/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"To protect the health of patients and staff, and to comply with the new State of California mandates, all job offers are contingent on the successful engagement in the TCMC COVID-19 vaccination program (fully vaccinated with documented proof or approved exception/deferral.)/span/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin: 10.2pt 0in 10.2pt 0in;"emspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #4e4e4b;"TCHD is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with a disability./span/em/p