Job description
DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is DMC’s largest hospital, offering a comprehensive heart center, cancer care, gerontology, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and cosmetic services. Sinai-Grace’s joint replacement program features a revolutionary minimally invasive knee and hip replacement surgery that attracts patients from all over the country. Sinai-Grace operates more than 21 outpatient care sites and ambulatory surgery centers throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties and is one of 10 hospitals in the nation to be awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to help set the standards of cardiac care for hospitals and physicians throughout the nation.
Job Description:
Under general direction of a pathologist, assists in all aspects of anatomic pathology. Describes and examines surgical specimens and prepares such specimens for histology processing. Performs autopsy prosection, obtains appropriate specimens for microscopic evaluation and describes findings. Assists in preparation, processing, and determination of adequacy of fine needle aspirates and renal biopsies. Participates in seminars and provides instruction for medical and pathologist assist students concerning technique and protocol in autopsy and surgical pathology.
Coordinates daily activities of assigned staff and ensures proper grossing of patient specimens. Provides input into policy development from a professional, technical, or procedural perspective. As directed, provides input into procedure/protocol development, ensures compliance, and provides interpretation of procedural intent as requested. Monitors workflow and schedules staff accordingly. As requested, provides input on performance appraisals and personnel actions such as hires, fires, disciplines, etc. Provides feedback in an effort to develop the immediate, daily and/or monthly goals of the department.
- Under the direction of a pathologist, performs prosections and dictates gross description of surgical specimens.
- Ensures that appropriate legal permission has been obtained to perform autopsies. Assists pathologist and clinicians in obtaining permission if necessary.
- Prepares abstracts of medical records and presents abstracts to pathologists prior to beginning an autopsy.
- Conducts autopsy from start to finish including description, prosection, selection, collection, and submission of designated specimens for microscopic evaluation, and special studies.
- Conducts Training seminars, instructing pathologist assist students in technique and protocol of autopsy and gross surgical pathology. Demonstrates gross pathology protocol and procedures to new residents.
- Prepares fine needle aspirates and renal biopsy specimens for examination utilizing appropriate laboratory techniques and protocols. Examines specimens for adequacy.
- Evaluates and provides feedback on student projects.
- May assist with sections/specimens utilizing cryostat, stains, and coverslip slides; maintains frozen section equipment.
- May perform and/or assist pathologist or designate in performance of tasks related to medical photography.
- May maintain procedure manuals in accordance with practice guidelines and requirements of regulatory agencies.
Qualifications:
- Graduate from a Baccalaureate Pathology Assistant program or successful completion of a post bachelor’s program from an approved school of Pathology Assistants. OR Bachelor’s degree in sciences with background in physiology and anatomy with three to five years experience in pathology.
- Certification by American Association of Pathology Assistants (AAPA) or American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) as a Pathology Assistant.
- Two to three years progressively more responsible experience, including demonstrated leadership abilities.
Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
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