Job Description

Make a difference every single day!

Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital and its staff aim to exceed the expectations of our patients, their families and the community with a service-oriented attitude. We seek excellence, courtesy, teamwork, respect, communication and enthusiasm in our future colleagues. If you are looking for exciting career opportunities with growth potential, come and join the team at Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital!

The Pathologists' Assistant is a professional person who is qualified by academic and practical training to provide service in Anatomic Pathology. Responsibilities include dissecting and grossly describing tissue specimens, assisting with and teaching pathology dissection techniques to residents, coordinating teaching conferences and organizing and maintaining teaching materials. Duties may also include assisting with QA statistics reports and clinical research. Performs all job duties with sensitivity and attention to the developmental issues of the patient population(s) being served.

• Performs gross examination and dissection of surgical specimens, including biopsies, using appropriate anatomy knowledge and prosection techniques. Ensures proper accessioning, selects representative tissue sections for histologic examination, and requests special procedures, stains, imaging, photography, or other studies as appropriate.
• Assists pathologists and residents with intraoperative consultation services, including frozen sections, touch preparations, slide staining, gross examination documentation, image and diagram annotation, and freezing of muscle or nerve tissue when required.
• Provides technical assistance with postmortem examinations when required, including preparation, organ procurement, completion of the examination, photography, and radiographic imaging.
• Collaborates in research, development and implementation of new procedures, methodologies and quality assurance protocols.
• Verifies specimen identification using required patient identifiers, assesses specimen quality, and takes appropriate action when discrepancies or processing concerns are identified.
• Accurately documents cassette counts, histology protocols, tissue-processing requirements, specimen-panel information, and applicable billing codes.
• Prioritizes and triages specimens based on case volume, complexity, processing requirements, and turnaround-time expectations. Adjusts to variable workloads and assists with efficient specimen processing.
• Operates and maintains designated laboratory equipment and documents non-conforming events, corrective actions, policy reviews, and implementation of new procedures, methodologies, and quality-assurance processes.
• Documents review of policies and procedures, and supports implementation of new processes.
• Provides education and technical guidance to pathology residents regarding gross examination, prosection procedures, and dissection techniques.
• Assist with special projects or assignments.

Shifts: 8:00am - 4:30pm

Qualifications

Education

• Master's Degree, Accredited Pathologists' Assistant program - minimum

Experience

• 1 year of experience as Pathologists' Assistant. - preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• Pathologist Assistant Certification PA (ASCP) - Pathologist Assistant Certification, issued by American Society for Clinical Pathology. - minimum