ProMedica Toledo Hospital is one of the largest acute-care facilities in the region. Our 794-bed hospital is staffed by more than 4,800 professional healthcare employees who serve a 27-county area throughout northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. We also have the area’s largest board-certified medical staff, which is made up of more than 1,000 primary care and specialty physicians. Excellent customer service skills and the ability to work in a fast paced environment are a must. In addition, for 15 consecutive years, residents of Greater Toledo have named us the Consumer Choice Award winner in our market. In fact, we’re the only hospital in northwest Ohio to receive this honor.

Performs both routine and complex histologic techniques i.e., histochemistry, immunohistochemistry in-situ hybridization and immunofluorescence on tissue samples for microscopic examination by a pathologist to diagnose disease.

ACCOUNTABILITIES
*All duties listed below are essential unless noted otherwise*

1. Performs all routine tissue preparation including routine cutting, embedding, slide preparation and staining using established departmental policies and procedures.

2. Following prescribed protocol with adequate orientation, performs special procedures which require a complex network of steps and variables as well as all of the routine and repetitive tests in a high-volume anatomic pathology laboratory.

3. Recognizes problems, identifies the cause (i.e., technical, instrumental, or physiological) and determines solutions following established departmental policies and procedures.

4. Assists the pathologist in making various examinations on submitted tissue specimens and collection and processing of tissue biopsies.

5. Performs, records, and maintains accurate quality control records.

6. Participates in establishing and monitoring quality assurance programs in the laboratory.

7. Maintains established hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, and infection control.

8. Complies with requirements of accreditation and regulatory agencies by attending mandatory in-services and continuing laboratory education and participating in continuous quality improvement.

9. Instructs new associates or students as required.

10. Maintains and upgrades personal professional development.

11. May act as a team leader as assigned in the absence of supervisor. Serves as a resource for department.

12. Participates in the design, preparation, and annual updating of procedure manuals.

13. Performs other duties as assigned.