Fairview has an immediate opening for a Histology/Mohs Technician to join our Dermatology team in Bloomington, MN. Our clinic hours are 7AM to 4PM Monday - Friday, so no evenings, weekends, or holidays - this provides an excellent work life balance! This is a 0.8 FTE (64 hours per two week pay period) opening, Monday - Friday eight-hour shifts. Training will take place at Minneapolis/Maple Grove/Bloomington and potentially Wyoming dermatology
As a member of the care team, continuously improve work processes, environment and the overall experience to serve customers and meet business goals. Identify opportunities for improvement in workflow. Participate in meetings to support initiatives. Engage in change to improve the work environment and patient experience. Demonstrates ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level of population served.
Responsibilities
- Frozen tissue specimens for microscopic evaluation and review by the Mohs surgeon ensuring appropriate quality controls and logs
- Maintaining MOHS laboratory equipment, and ensuring laboratory compliance with CLIA and other regulations.
- Follows established guidelines to obtain specimens (tissue) and prioritize work.
- Complex histological procedures, analyzes and corrects problems using scientific principles.
- Receives and organizes incoming tissue specimens.
- Properly performs grossing techniques to embed tissue ensuring complete representation of tissue orientation and surgical margins.
- Prepares sections of human tissue for immediate examination using rapid tissue processing and frozen section technique.
- Perform initial screening under microscope to ensure tissue preparation meets laboratory requirements. Perform immunohistochemical staining.
- Comply with all OSHA, CLIA and HIPAA regulations in the performance of all aspects of the position.
- Performs Quality Assurance testing as specified in the laboratory procedures.
- Orders reagents and all other laboratory material to ensure adequate supplies.
- Evaluates equipment and reagent systems as specified in the laboratory procedures.
- Maintains manual and computerized logbooks and slide files.
- Performs instrument maintenance, utilizing established protocols.
- Keeps the laboratory clean and orderly ensuring a safe environment with the highest quality of efficiency and workflow.
- Prepare patients' charts, forms, instruments, and equipment needed for surgery and patient care.
- Communicates effectively with other members of the health care team. Communicates verbal and written information in a clear, concise, accurate, and timely manner. Uses communication approaches appropriate to patient/family needs
Required
- Graduate of a Medical Assistant program or Associates in Applied Science in Histotechnology
- Non-Certified Applicants with less than six (6) months of Medical Assistant experience must have graduated from an accredited school with a clinical externship.
- 2 years patient care experience as a Medical Assistant, LPN, or working in a lab setting in a Dermatology/MOHS clinical or Histology lab setting
Preferred
- Graduate from a Histology Technician program (2 yr) with an Associate Degree in anatomic laboratory science which includes the completion of an internship.
- 3-5 years of previous experience in a laboratory setting preferred.
- Proficiency in frozen tissue sections and CLIA standards
- HHA approved laboratory certification, HT (ASCP)