Histology Technician II

You may choose to display a cookie banner on the external site. You must specify the message in the cookie banner and may add a link to a relevant policy. If you are unfamiliar with these requirements, please seek the advice of legal counsel. )* Fix tissues in appropriate fixatives, dehydrate with graded alcohols, clear with xylene, and impregnate with paraffin wax using an automated tissue processor.* Embed specimens ensuring proper orientation.* Produce 4-micron sections using a microtome and appropriate knives; float sections on a water bath; collect sections on a glass slide; dry in a slide dryer for the specified time.* Stain slides with routine and special stains according to approved procedures to enhance tissue elements required for diagnosis.* Coverslip and label stained slides.* Examine slides with a microscope to ensure satisfactory results.* Ensure all blocks and slides are clerically correct.* Assemble and collate slides, distributing them to residents and staff pathologists.* Determine when prescribed techniques and apparatus should be modified to meet required quality standards.* Prepare specimens for rapid frozen section diagnosis using liquid nitrogen and a cryostat microtome.* Cut and stain frozen sections using various stains, including H&E, toluidine blue, Oil Red O, and others.* Share responsibility for preparation of solutions and reagents in accordance with approved procedures.* Maintain quality control records and accurate records of blocks and slides produced.* File tissue blocks, ensuring proper labeling.* Learn to use the LIS system to perform daily lab operations.* Perform other duties as assigned.* Be responsible for off-hours pager coverage on a rotating basis.* Ability to accurately and efficiently embed a wide variety of tissues.* Meet national cutting standards of 50 blocks per hour embedding and 30 slides per hour cutting.* Ability to cut artifact-free four-micrometer sections.* Perform high-quality manual H&E stains.* Perform special stains (e.g., AFB, Alcian blue, Brown-Hopps, Congo red, Elastic, Iron, LHE, Mucicarmine, PAS with/without diastase, GMS, Thiazine, Trichrome).* Ability to follow established technical, safety, and clerical procedures.* Manual dexterity and motor coordination with an attention to detail and precision in performing technical tasks.* Fundamental knowledge of basic histotechniques, including fixation, decalcification, processing, embedding, microtomy, routine and special stains, and frozen sections.* Sound understanding of laboratory instrumentation (e.g., pH meter, balances, hydrometers, microtomes, cryostats, coverslippers, tissue processors).* Ability to prepare percent, molar, and normal solutions and stains.* Minimum of a high school degree (required). Associates degree preferred.* 2 years of histology experience in a research setting, or Histology Specialist A (required).* Graduate of an NCCLS-approved school of Histotechnology (preferred).Combat disease. Hold a hand. Help people. Impact the world.Mass General Brigham is a passionate, welcoming community where minds meet caring hearts.Our history includes New England hospitals founded over 200 years ago, some of the first and most prestigious hospitals in the world.Built on the legacy of two leading academic medical centers, we’re more than a system—we’re leaders in the practice of medicine. Mass General Brigham is committed to serving the community.We are dedicated to enhancing patient care, teaching and research, and taking a leadership role as an integrated health care system.We recognize that increasing value and continuously improving quality are essential to maintaining excellence.
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