Histotechnologist II

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

The Opportunity This position works out of our Phoenix, AZ location in the Cancer Diagnostic Division. We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people. Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, cardiometabolic, informatics, and toxicology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers. Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.

Our molecular division delivers best-in-class innovative testing solutions for people around the world to provide answers to life’s critical health decisions. We help people live full and healthy lives through our accessible, molecular-based solutions.

The Histotechnologist II will perform a variety of histology laboratory procedures used to produce tissue slides and support the general laboratory duties expected to be performed in a CLIA/CAP-certified histopathology laboratory. The Histotechnologist II shall adhere to all safety, quality controls, and procedures, and learn and perform all functions of histology, pathology, and molecular aspects needed in the laboratory.

Wednesday
- Saturday 11:00am – 9:30pm

• Label documentation of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) blocks, slides, and microcentrifuge tubes by following standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Routine sectioning, fixation, and processing procedures related to hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining/slide production for fresh frozen (FF) and FFPE samples according to SOPs.
• Prepare and perform processing procedures for DNA and RNA analysis extraction according to SOPs.
• Label accessioned samples/sample containers and test requisition forms using the laboratory labeling system with assigned numbers specific to the patient case from laboratory information system (LIS) accessioning.
• Prepare and perform all aspects related to the routine processing of FF tissue samples, including preparation for tumor estimate procedures, according to SOPs.
• Accession and enter data of received patient samples and specific test requests into LIS according to SOPs.
• File and store all slides and FFPE tissue blocks.
• Assist with the initial quality review of incoming specimens.
• Maintain all histology equipment and corresponding documentation, including but not limited to quality control worksheets, preventive maintenance records, and day-to-day maintenance.
• Enter data into the histology portion of the information management system (IMS).
• Perform routine…