GENERAL SUMMARY:

　　Under general supervision and following established procedures, prepares specimens

　　of tissue for microscopic evaluation by a physician in order to provide information on the

　　functioning of tissues and organs and other information relative to the cause and

　　progress of the disease. Prepares dyes and chemical solutions, processes frozen

　　sections, and performs other related duties as required.

　　PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

　　Following successful completion of competency testing may perform processing,

　　testing, and reporting without direct supervision. Obtains surgical specimens and

　　orientates them on a supporting medium according to a special diagram obtained

　　from the physician.

　　Places the specimen in a cryostat and cuts extremely thin sections and mounts

　　sections on glass slides.

　　Stains the microscopic slide and covers with a resin and cover glass for protection

　　and preservation of the tissue specimen.

　　Maintains files on slides by the patient's chemosurgery or biopsy number, name,

　　medical record number, diagnosis, and the location of patient's slide in the file.

　　Decalcifies bone specimens and processes bone marrow specimens.

　　EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

　　• Completion of accredited bachelor's degree program in chemical, physical, biological

　　science, medical technology or clinical laboratory science, and successful

　　completion of a NAACLS accredited Histotechnician or Histotechnologist program

　　OR

　　o Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college/university, AND 1 year

　　of full time acceptable clinical experience in a histopathology laboratory or

　　1 year research experience in a histopathology laboratory in the U.S. or

　　Canada

　　OR

　　o Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college/university, AND

　　HT(ASCP) certification, with 6 months full time acceptable clinical

　　experience in a histopathology laboratory or 6 months full time research

　　experience in a histopathology laboratory in the U.S. or Canada

　　OR

　　o Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college/university AND

　　successful completion of a 50-week U.S. military histotechnician training

　　course.

　　• At least one (1) year of supervised training in a clinical laboratory in histologic

　　techniques to perform tissue staining procedures and the processing of bone

　　marrow specimens preferred.

　　CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:

　　Certification by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists as a histotechnologist,

　　preferred.

　　Additional Information

　　Organization: Henry Ford Hospital - Detroit Main Campus

　　Additional Details

　　This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

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