Staff Pathologists Assistant - Evening Shift

1.0 FTE Full time Evening - 08 Hour R2659600 Onsite  Path Lab Oth Gross Room Allied Health PALO ALTO, 300 Pasteur Dr, California

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Evening - 08 Hour (United States of America)

Join Stanford Health Care as a Staff Pathologists Assistant and become a cornerstone of diagnostic excellence. You’ll directly influence patient care through meticulous tissue dissection, cassetting for embedding, and intraoperative support. Work alongside expert pathologists, educate residents and trainees, contribute to tissue banking and research initiatives, and enjoy a dynamic, collaborative environment with opportunities for teaching, radiography, and specialized processing. We offer a rewarding pace, shared leadership in complex cases, and rotating weekend/off-site coverage that supports growth and balance.

• Career Growth
• Structured Surgical Technologist career ladder
• Continued compensation growth
• Annual education reimbursement of up to $2,000
• Ongoing professional development opportunities
• World-Class Environment
• Top 10 nationally ranked academic medical center
• Level I Trauma Center
• Magnet-recognized organization
• State-of-the-art facilities and surgical technology
• Comprehensive Benefits
• One of the nation’s top retirement matching and contribution programs
• Free commuter benefits
• Opportunities to work alongside internationally recognized physicians and clinical leaders.

If you’re detail-oriented, thrive in a fast-paced clinical setting, and want meaningful roles in education, intraoperative support, and research collaboration, this is the position for you.

The Staff Pathologists Assistant (PA) dissects tissue specimens and provides dictated placement in plastic cassettes for embedding, staining, and microscopic analysis. This position includes coding and accessioning of specimens; processing breast and other complex tissue specimens according to established protocols; and instruction of residents, fellows, medical students, and faculty in Gross Room protocols and processes, as well as specimen photography. This position is responsible for providing direct coverage and responding on a STAT basis to the frozen section room for all SHC operating rooms and performing intraoperative consultations.

The PA is also responsible for assisting and preserving tissue from specimens for the Department of Pathology Tissue Bank, and other adult and pediatric research groups. This position prepares and performs specimen radiography of breast, bone, and soft tissue specimens. The PA is also responsible for providing weekend and off-site location coverage on a rotational basis.

Stanford Health Care

• Receives samples via couriers or other hospital personnel. Handles patient's samples in an appropriate and efficient manner, distributing to the appropriate area of the laboratory or routing to other hospital departments as necessary according to procedure.
• Accessions patient samples into the Laboratory information system(s). Checks all requests for proper and accurate patient information. Consults with Supervisor if request is problematic. Notifies physician, nursing unit, clinic, etc. if sample received is inappropriate or compromised.
• Completes a gross examination, dissection, and selection of representative tissue for microscopic examination for designated specimens. This includes weighing, measuring, and selectively photographing tissue specimens.
• Assists pathologists with orientation, training, and instruction and of trainees to procedures and techniques of basic specimen handling, gross dissection, and dictation of both simple and complex specimens as well as the use of equipment.
• Performs intraoperative consultations and fine needle aspiration (FNA) adequacies.
• Performs specimen radiographs for selective specimens.
• Preserves tissues for research, ancillary studies, and tissue bank.
• Communicates with physicians, nurses, visitors and other laboratory/ hospital staff in a cooperative and courteous manner. Responds to their needs appropriately with minimal waiting time.
• Follows all departmental policies regarding attendance, punctuality and health and safety.
• Independently resolves problems encountered in routine work. Recognizes problems or requests which require Supervisor and/or Lead assistance when…