Local Contract Histology Technologist - $48-53 per hour

Apidel Technologies is seeking a local contract Histology Technologist for a local contract job in Detroit, Michigan.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Histology Technologist
• Discipline: Allied Health Professional
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours
• Employment Type: Local Contract

Position: Histology Technician
Speciality: Histotechnician or Histotechnologist Certification AND BLS.
Duration: 13+ weeks of Contract to FTE
Location: Detroit MI
Required skill with schedule Notes:
• Required Experience: 4 -5 years
• Education: Associates Degree or Bachelor's Degree
• Certifications: Histotechnician or Histotechnologist AND BLS
Note: This is a local position based in Detroit, MI, and candidates will be fully responsible for covering all relocation expenses independently, including travel (airfare) and accommodation costs. If this does not align with your preferences, please feel free to opt out.
Job Summary:
• Under limited supervision performs routine techniques on surgical, autopsy, and research tissue according to standardized procedures.
• Operates and maintains laboratory instruments and equipment required to perform analysis.
Principle Duties And Responsibilities:
• Cuts surgical, autopsy, research and neuropathology tissue using a rotary microtome.
• Embeds surgical, autopsy, research, and neuropathology tissue.
• Stains, coverslips and labels surgical, autopsy, research and neuropathology tissue.
• Under supervision, performs special stains according to standardized procedures.
• Maintains all equipment and instruments. May demonstrate work to help onboard others.
• Mixes and maintains all solutions including stains and special fixatives.
• Maintains and records all QC, CAP, QA instrument function and maintenance records.
• Maintains a current inventory of all reagents and supplies.
• Adheres to Standard Work for all job duties and reports deviations for correction. Participates in data collection and quality improvement efforts.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
Skills: Required Skills & Experience:
• Vision Near Acuity: Ability to see clearly at 20 inches or less.
• Depth Perception: Ability to judge distance and space relationships.
• Accommodation: Ability to adjust vision to bring objects into focus.
• Color Vision: Ability to distinguish and identify different colors necessary to perform job functions.
Education: Required Education:
• Completion of an Associate’s Degree with coursework in Anatomy, Biology, and/or Chemistry,
OR
• Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree program in medical technology, medical laboratory sciences, clinical laboratory sciences, Chemistry, Microbiology, or Biology,
OR
• A High School Diploma or G.E.D. with two years of relevant laboratory experience in a work, academic, or volunteer capacity.
• Coursework completed outside of the US must be verified as by a NACES approved credential evaluation service.

Apidel Technologies Job ID #API0327.

About Apidel Technologies

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• License and certification reimbursement
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Referral bonus
• Sick pay