Scripps Health Administrative Services supports our five hospitals and 19 outpatient facilities, which treat half a million patients annually through 2,600 affiliated physicians.

This is a Part Time, benefited position working varied weekdays typically from 7:30am-4pm or 9am-5:30pm. Saturdays will be required occasionally and shift times may vary based on business needs. Will be required to float to Scripps Mercy Chula Vista as needed.

At Scripps Health, you will experience the pride, support, respect that has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s Top 100 Places to Work.

You’ll be surrounded by people committed to making a difference in the lives of their patients and their teammates. So if you’re open to change, go ahead and unlock your potential.

As a nationally recognized health system, Scripps Health is committed to providing the highest quality care to our patients. Through collaboration and innovation, our healthcare professionals lead the frontier in caring for our community. With a culture centered around teamwork, each laboratory site serves as a resource of support for each other, setting our laboratories as the benchmark for standardization. In our supportive environment, our Pathology Assistants are always learning and training in different sections of pathology, while maintaining accuracy with high volume of processing.

As a Pathology Lab Assistant Sr., you will be responsible for the handling and accessioning of surgical and outpatient tissues and cytologic specimens. Job duties include the following:

• Using the cryostat to cut frozen tissue sections for rapid specimen diagnosis by the pathologist and staining slides using H/E and DQ stains.
• Using the Faxitron for breast specimens to identify biopsy clips and Magseeds in the pathology tissue room.
• Attending various CT and Ultrasound radiologic and EUS and EBUS procedures to handle and triage collected tissue to prepare slides for rapid interpretation by the pathologist and place tissue in cassettes for cell block preparation in the acute care hospital.
• Attending bone marrow procedures (bedside and in radiology) to handle and triage collected tissue to prepare slides and prepare the core.
• Ensuring that the specimens are identified and labelled correctly and protects the pathologist, department and organization at large against critical patient care errors.

Required:

• One (1) year of related lab experience, preferably in a large complex healthcare organization
• Graduation from college with a major in an applicable natural science; or two (2) years of college courses in the natural sciences plus two (2) years of applicable experience; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant lab experience
• Critical thinking and analytical skills
• Proven laboratory skills handling specimens, reagents and instruments
• High accuracy in work performance and attention to detail
• Excellent written and strong verbal communication skills
• Proficient with medical terminology, with an understanding of computer systems
• Excellent skills in verbal communication, organization, patient/specimen identification, written documentation, and specimen manipulation during invasive procedures
• Ability to handle multiple tasks
• Detail oriented
• Legible penmanship
• Basic computer skills, especially data
• Excellent customer service skills

Preferred:

• Cytology experience
• Histology experience
• Pathology or clinical lab experience
• Reference lab specimen send out experience
• Bio-hazardous material shipping experience
• Background in science
• Two years laboratory experience

Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.