Histo-technician

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Histo-Technician

Job Summary Iron Mountain is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Histo-Technician to join our Government Solutions team.

In this role, you will be responsible for the preservation, processing, and digital archiving of anatomical pathological tissue specimens, maintaining a T1 Investigation clearance and utilizing your ASCP Histology certification (or eligibility) to ensure the integrity of historically significant medical materials.

What You'll Do In this role, you will:

• Manage Specimen Preservation & Archiving: Execute the full lifecycle of tissue specimen handling-including fixation, processing, embedding, microtomy, and staining-while organizing and cataloging physical slides and blocks for long-term repository retention.

• Lead Digital Cataloging & Quality Control: Create and maintain electronic record-keeping systems and user-friendly databases for archival research, performing microscopic evaluations to verify the quality of stains before digitization.

• Support Clinical & Research Inquiries: Advise users on preservation methods, respond to archival research inquiries, and collaborate on clinical service work to ensure the repository remains a functional resource for the medical community.

What You'll Bring The ideal candidate will have:

• 2 years of experience in a medical or clinical setting, specifically working with tissue samples (slides, blocks, or scans).

• Strong knowledge of anatomical pathological tissue processing, tissue identification, and the mandatory standards for specimen collection and storage.

• Proven ability in database maintenance, Microsoft Office Suite for data analysis, and the organization of complex tracking logs and archival systems.

• Associate or Bachelor's Degree in a Scientific or Technical discipline, ASCP Histology certification (or eligibility), and a T1 Investigation clearance .

What We Offer

• Location: Silver Spring / Bethesda, MD

• Unlimited paid time off

• Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement plans.

• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth.

Reasonably expected salary range: $68,400.00 - $85,500.00

Please note that an employee''s starting salary may vary based on a variety of factors. Where State, Municipal, Provincial, Territorial or other legal minimum wages exceed the federal minimum wage, employees are entitled to the higher rate.

Category: Project/Program Management Group

Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries. We safeguard billions of our customers' assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts. Take a look at our history here.

Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics. Please see our Values and Code of Ethics for a look at our principles and aspirations in elevating the power of our work together.

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Requisition: J0099340