Laboratory Technician, Evening Shift, Capital Choice Pathology Lab

Capital Choice Pathology Lab If you are a current Adventist Health Care employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account.

Adventist Health Care's Capital Choice Pathology Lab seeks to hire an experienced Laboratory Technician for our Silver Spring, MD location who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

As a Laboratory Technician you will:
• Complete slide distribution and verify cases in LIS.
• Complete routine staining to include maintenance of H&E stainer and cover slipper.
• Demonstrate the ability to load and unload digital pathology imagers, assign cases within program, and perform minor cleaning maintenance.
• Complete special stains to include loading and unloading of instrumentation and perform hand staining as needed. Stains smears and ensures labeling is correct on all slides.
• Demonstrate quality control for daily work.
• Assist histotechnologists by trimming and organizing blocks, racking slides, filing blocks and slides, printing process logs and organizing blocks and/or unstained slides, loading and unloading special and IHC stainers.
• Complete accession specimens, enter gross descriptions, and print cassettes.
• Prepare Non-GYN specimens (cell blocks and Thinpreps) and other cytology duties as assigned.
• Perform tissue processing to include organizing cassettes for selected protocols, loading and unloading racks, and perform maintenance as needed.
• Participate in department performance improvement and continuing education.
• Maintain competency and proficiency;
Comply with safety and infection control policies.
• Utilize time, supplies, and other resources wisely.
• Demonstrate organizational and cleanliness skills.
• Demonstrate proficiency in the use of the LIS system and computer software.
• Always demonstrate a professional work ethic and promote laboratory compliance.
• Seek out and perform additional duties/tasks as needed in the laboratory.

Qualifications include:
• Associate Degree in science or related field. Bachelors Science degree (BS/BA) preferred
• Education level may include additional experience per CLIA and CAP requirements
• 1 year in a laboratory setting experience required

Work Schedule:

Employment Type:

Full Time Hours per Week: 40 Hours Typical Daily

Schedule:

Monday
- Friday 3:00PM- 11:30PM with flexibility

Shift Type:
Evening Shift Pay Range:$20.51 - $27.21

If the salary range is listed as $0 or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as:

United States of America (Non-Exempt)
At Adventist Health Care our job is to care for you.

We do this by offering:

Work life balance through nonrotating shifts

Recognition and rewards for professional expertise

Free Employee parking

Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
Paid Time Off Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period

Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance

Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers

Tuition Reimbursement Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

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