Job Description

Community Focused. Care Driven.

Join Southcoast Health, where your future is as promising as the care we provide. Our commitment to each other, our patients, and our community is more than a mission - it’s our way of life, and you’ll be at the heart of it.

Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit, charitable, health system with multiple hospitals, clinics and facilities throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Nestled in local communities, Southcoast Health provides inclusive, ethical workplaces where our highly skilled caregivers offer world-class, comprehensive healthcare close to home.

Find out for yourself why Southcoast Health has been voted ‘Best Place to Work’ for 7 years in a row!

We are searching for a talented Registered Histology Technologist

Hours: 32 flex 40hrs

Shift: Day shift, 7:30am - 4:00pm

Location: Pathology - Dartmouth, MA

A career at Southcoast Health offers you:

• A culture of well-being that embraces, respects, and celebrates the rich diversity of one another and the communities we serve

• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package

• Generous Earned Time Off Package**

• Employee Wellbeing Program

• 403B Retirement Plan with company match

• Tuition assistance / Federal Loan Forgiveness programs

• Professional growth opportunities and customized leadership training

**Available to regular status employees who are scheduled to work a minimum of 24 hours.

Southcoast Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Responsibilities

Under the general supervision and direction of the Manager, Pathology or designee, ensure that all slides, stains and blocks are appropriate and acceptable. Answer questions about quality of stains as needed. Perform all types of staining including immuno. Re-cut blocks as needed. Perform embedding technique in paraffin ensuring proper orientation of tissue sample, documents and accounts for each case. Select embedded tissue and prepare slides for routine and special techniques. Stain, cover, discard and replace solutions. Label slides for temporary and permanent records and file according to accession numbers in case retrieval is required.

Qualifications

• Courses and training related to processing histology specimens required.
• Two years of experience as a Histology Technician required including tissue processing, special stains and frozen sections.
• Must be fully vaccinated against seasonal Influenza and the COVID 19 virus or to be exempt from the requirement for medical or personal reasons by signing a statement certifying you are choosing to be exempt from vaccination once hired

Compensation: Pay rate will be determined based on level of experience.

Pay Range

USD $34.18 - USD $44.10 /Hr.