Histotechnician I - Night Shift
Stanford Health Care · Palo Alto, California, US
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Job description
If you're ready to be part of our legacy of hope and innovation, we encourage you to take the first step and explore our current job openings. Your best is waiting to be discovered. Night - 08 Hour (United States of America) This is a Stanford Health Care job. A Brief Overview: Embeds and cuts a wide variety of surgical and research tissue, including autopsy specimens, tiny biopsies, lymph nodes, breast tissue and bone marrow. Sections paraffin embedded tissue at 1-7 microns and mounts on microscope slides. Performs a variety of staining techniques for microscopic evaluation. Locations: Stanford Health Care What you will do: - Cut high quality 1-4 micron sections of small and difficult biopsy specimens. - Able to cut 50-75 blocks per day while maintaining a high quality product. - Perform routine H&E stains as well as routine special stains. - Able to organize and prioritize specimens and tasks to produce a high quality product in an efficient and timely manner. - Perform quality control on sections and staining procedures to ensure a high quality finished product. - Able to work overtime and cover other shifts as warranted by the department. - Able to work in a fast paced, high vo...