REQUIRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP: Minimum Years of Experience: 2 Years of Experience REQUIRED Traveler Experience required: No Locals Accepted / Rate Difference: Yes *Work Setting Skills REQUIRED: hospital clinical laboratory *Grossing and fixation Skills REQUIRED: Core biopsies, Curettings, Decalcification, Excision specimens, Incisional biopsies, Shave biopsies & Smears and squash preparations *Tissue Processing Skills REQUIRED: Automatic tissue processor, Calcified/decalcified tissue, Clearing/types of agents, Dehydration/ types of agents, GI Processing Schedule & Microwave Processing * Embedding and Microtomy Skills REQUIRED: Automated/Manual Microtome, Cuts tissue sections using microtome and cryostat, Cutting blocks, Embedding GI specimens, Embedding large specimens, Embedding Molds, Embedding skin techniques, Embedding smalls and bigs, Histology Cassettes, Microtomy of Fatty Tissue, Microtomy of hard tissue, Paraffin Wax sections & Removing foreign objects as allowed by protocol *Staining Skills REQUIRED: Basic dye stains, Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain, Identifying Artifacts & Prepares slides for staining %%%UNIT NEEDS A HISTOTECH WITH IHC (Immunohistochemistry) EXPERIENCE%%% *Certs: ASCP-HT PREFERRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP: -Work Setting Skills: commercial or reference laboratories, -Grossing and Fixation Skills: additive fixatives, Cell component preservation indications and contra-indications for use, Coagulant/ non-coagulant fixatives, Enzyme Histochemistry, Frozen Section/tissues, Immunohistochemistry, In-situ hybridization, Methods of freezing, Non-additive fixatives, & Reagents types/components -Types of Microscopy Skills: Brightfield microscopy, Dark Field, Nomarski, Phase Contrast, Scanning Electron Microscopy & Transmission Electron Microscopy -Embedding and Microtomy Skills: Gelatin/adhesive media, Microtomy of Frozen sections & Precision microtomy -Staining Skills: Carbohydrates and amyloid, Connective and muscle, Cytoplasmic stains, Differentiation, Giemsa and all formulations, IHC staining, Nuclear stain, Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS) stain, Prepares frozen section and mounts sections on glass slides & Special Stains -Mounting procedures Skills: Aqueous, Coverslip, Refractive index & Resinous -Additional Skills: 24 Hour Urine Certs: ASCP-HTL JOB DETAILS: Target Ratios: 500 blocks/night Shift: Tuesday-Saturday 2am-11:00a, 5 shifts 8 hours with a lunch. SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: Preferred exp: Leica Peloris Tissue Processor, Tissue Tek VIP Tissue Processor, Tissue Tek Prisma H&E Stainer UNIT SYSTEMS: EPIC (preferred) UNIT ORIENTATION: 2.75 hrs online, 8hrs in person Hospital Orientation week one: traveler must be available for classes each day.