Histotechnician I

Histotechnician I

BJC Health Care System is hiring a Full-Time Histotechnician I at Memorial Hospital Belleville (MHB)!

Position Details:

• Day Shift
  
  Hours:
  
  (Mon-Fri)
• 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• Limited Weekend Rotation
• No Holidays!!!

Experience:

• Non-Reg with at least 2-3 years of Histo (embedding/microtomy) experience will be considered
• Embedding, microtomy and IHC experience (preferred)

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED
• 2-3 years of histotechnician experience preferred

Why Join Us?

• Work with a highly skilled, compassionate, supportive, and caring team
• Growth Opportunities to learn new skills and advance (cross-train)

Next Steps:

• If selected to move forward with Interview Process, a Talent Advisor will contact you via email for a screen

Overview:

Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children's at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Memorial Hospital Shiloh, a 94-bed, all-private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.

The Laboratory Department provides a wide variety of assays and procedures to obtain data used in the diagnosis and treatment of most disease states to our inpatient and out patients. Services include phlebotomy, hematology, chemistry, microbiology, blood bank, point-of-care and pathology.

Preferred Qualifications:

Role

Purpose:

Responsible for providing a variety of basic routine tests and procedures on tissue and related surgical specimens submitted for histological examination.

Responsibilities:

• Tasks limited to microtomy, embedding, staining. Performs and documents quality controls for all equipment and troubleshoots malfunctioning instrumentation as necessary.
• Understands maintenance, troubleshooting and operation of all instrumentation in assigned areas. Has minimal understanding of test principles.

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED

Experience: