Req #: 0000197446
Category: Laboratory and Medical Technologist
Status: Full-Time
Shift: Day
Facility: RWJBarnabas Health Corporate Services
Department: Lab NBI

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:
The Pathologists’ Assistant must be qualified by academic and practical training to assist in providing service in anatomic pathology under the direction and supervision of an anatomic pathologist. Must be are eligible to take the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification examination.
Bachelor s degree or MS from an accredited Pathologist Assistant program or in a medical or scientific field with at least 1 year of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
Preferred:

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS (NON-EXEMPT POSITIONS):

• Full-Time
• Day
• 40 Hours

• Assures appropriate specimen accessioning, obtains and assesses pertinent clinical information and ancillary studies, describes the gross anatomic pathology, selects tissue to be submitted for further histologic processing and microscopic examination by the pathologist.
• Performs surgical specimen dissection by identifying the anatomical structures within the specimen and assessing the nature and extent of the pathological process.
• Performs and/or assists pathologist in performing frozen sections and other intraoperative consultations.
• Performs postmortem examination, including obtaining proper legal authorization, and reviewing of the patient’s medical record and pertinent clinical data.
• Performs eviscerations as well as organ block dissection per the Departmental protocol, and triages autopsy specimens for special procedures and techniques as required.
• Responsible for teaching students, residents, etc. in Anatomic Pathology
• Selects postmortem tissue for histologic processing and special studies, obtaining specimens for biological and toxicologic analysis, assist in photography of gross specimens, and communicate with clinicians regarding the autopsy findings.
• Submits specimens for additional analytic procedures such as immunohistochemical staining, flow cytometry, image analysis, microbiological cultures, genetic analysis, chemical analysis, and toxicology, and assists in the photography of pathological specimens as indicated or requested.