Histology Aide

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WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison

Worker Type:
Regular

Job Highlights:

Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

In this role, you can expect to assist with preparing, handling, and organizing tissue specimens within the histology laboratory. You’ll play an important part in supporting quality laboratory results that contribute to effective patient care.

Department: Laboratory - Surgical Pathology
Schedule: 40 hours per week on the day shift

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Job Summary:
Under direct supervision, and following established policies and procedures, the histology aide assists histologists and pathologists obtain and analyze tissue specimens from patients in order to diagnose and treat diseases. This position performs both technical and clerical functions. Histology is the study of the form of structures seen under the microscope.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Assists histologists and pathologists staff by retrieving, labeling, processing and preserving tissue specimens.
- May cut and chemically stain specimens.
- Adheres to specimen collection procedures and specimen requirements and performs quality control.
- Enters orders into computer system.
- Cleans and maintains laboratory supplies and work area.
- Performs calibration and troubleshooting on testing systems and instruments.
- Updates statistical records, labels tubes, and schedules processing runs.
- May perform general clerical duties such as answering the phone, filing, and registering patients.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

- High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

- No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

- None

Department:
3407000007 Lab - Surgical Path

Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

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