Travel Pathologists' Assistant - FlexStaff

Job description

Assists pathologists with post mortem examinations, organ preparation, dissection, and evisceration. Works with frozen section tissue and intraoperative consultation requests. Assists in instructing residents and fellows on procedural and technical skills related to surgical pathology. Requirements: Graduate of an accredited Pathology Assistant program, required. - Prepares surgical pathology specimens. Ensures appropriate specimen accessioning, pertinent clinical information and studies. - Dissects surgical specimens while describing the gross anatomic features and ensuring proper submission for histologic processing. - Obtains and submits specimens for additional ancillary procedures (immunostaining, flow cytometry). Dissects and processes frozen section specimens for evaluation by an Attending Pathologist. - Assists Pathologists with eviscerations and obtaining appropriate sections for microscopic examination. - Photographs all pertinent gross specimens and microscopic slides. - Serves as liaison between the laboratory and staff physicians, lab sections and department heads. - Collaborates with hospital physicians, lab sections and department heads on pertinent matters in order...