Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Histology Technician with Medical City Dallas you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!
Job Summary:
Histology Technicians in HCA Healthcare Lab Service Line meticulously prepare and process specimens for microscopic examination and diagnosis by a pathologist. This role involves performing histology and cytology procedures, maintaining equipment, ensuring quality control, and contributing to continuous quality improvement initiatives within the laboratory. Histology technicians directly impact patient care through processing, sectioning, and staining tissue specimens working collaboratively with pathologists and the care team contributing to our commitment to providing accurate and timely results.
What You Will Do In This Role:
Ensure quality control and quality assurance and participates in continuous quality improvement.
· Prepares and processes specimens for gross and microscopic examination and diagnosis by a pathologist.
May assist in the preparation of frozen sections of surgical specimens for microscopic examination by a
pathologist.
· Performs histology and cytology procedures including specimen processing/fixation, cell block preparation,
embedding, microtomy, slide preparation, routine and special stains, case organization in accordance with
department procedures.
· Assures positive sample, block and slide identification.
· Prepares and maintains solutions for routine stains and histology procedures. Performs preventive
maintenance on equipment and instrumentation per manufacturer & department procedures and per
department schedule.
· Utilizes problem-solving skills to ensure the accuracy of procedures performed and proper equipment
performance. Troubleshoots to and takes appropriate corrective action to resolve and/or escalate issues in a
timely manner for resolution.
· Adheres to department policy with regards to performance and documentation of quality control and quality
assurance for instrumentation, equipment, and procedures performed. Identifies unacceptable
results/outcomes, takes appropriate action, and escalates to department leadership when unable to resolve.
Ensures that patient materials are not provided to a pathologist until the issue has been resolved.
· Supports the department in achieving goals for service, quality, regulatory compliance, financial performance,
patient satisfaction, a healthy work environment, and integration of intra- and inter-departmental activities.
· Acts as a resource to peers and customers. Models teamwork.
· Assists in the orientation, training, and competency documentation of department personnel as requested.
· Participates in accreditation inspections.
· Performs duties of a Complex Specimen Processor as required.What qualifications you will need:
1 year experience in a clinical laboratory setting preferred.
· High School Diploma or GED required.
· Associate's Degree in Histology, Medical Technology, Biomedical Science, Biology or Chemistry preferred.
Medical City Dallas, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Medical City Dallas is recognized for its advanced medical facilities and commitment to excellence in patient care. We are an 895+ bed tertiary care center. Our medical team consists of more than 1,500 physicians, many are recognized as the world's best in their specialties. Patients travel to Medical City Dallas from all over the United States and from other countries. We offer sophisticated treatment by our 400+ in-house physician specialists. Medical City Dallas has a full-service adult hospital and pediatric hospital. We have separate adult and pediatric emergency rooms, outpatient clinics and diagnostic centers. Our providers have access to state-of-the-art technology and are pioneering new medical procedures to accommodate patient needs. As a part of the Medical City network of hospitals, patients are ensured access to leading medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations across the network.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Histology Technician opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
At its founding in 1968, Nashville-based HCA was one of the nation's first hospital companies. Today, we are the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, a company comprised of locally managed facilities that includes about 165 hospitals and 115 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England and employing approximately 204,000 people. Approximately four to five percent of all inpatient care delivered in the country today is provided by HCA facilities. Richard M. Bracken serves as Chairman of HCA and R. Milton Johnson is the company's President and Chief Executive Officer.
HCA is committed to the care and improvement of human life and strives to deliver high quality, cost effective healthcare in the communities we serve. Building on the foundation provided by our Mission & Values, HCA puts patients first and works to constantly improve the care we give them by implementing measures that support our caregivers, help ensure patient safety and provide the highest possible quality. Investing in our communities is important to us. HCA typically invests about $1.5 billion annually to keep our facilities modern and up-to-date technologically and to expand and add services where needed. Focusing primarily on communities where the company is a leading healthcare provider, HCA selectively adds new facilities in order to better serve our communities.
And because two HCA founders were physicians, we value highly the strong relationships we've created with local physicians. We endeavor to provide them with a wide array of services and modern facilities in order to help them deliver the best possible care.