Histology Technologist

Description

Hourly Wage Estimate: $24.63 - $34.48 / hour
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Introduction

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for our Histology Technologist opening with Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center today and find out what it truly means to be a part of the HCA Healthcare team.

Benefits

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

We are seeking a Histotechnologist for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Histology Technologist at our facility you will be an integral part of our Laboratory team. We are a highly functioning team that supports many different departments and have a passion for providing the best patient care through compassionate, professional interactions and reliable testing. 

In this role:

• You will perform highly technical and complex immunohistochemistry preparation, maintenance, quality control, and assurance steps and procedures in addition to basic histology procedures and maintenance.
• You will perform procedures that are critical to the latest advances in anatomic pathology and you will use monoclonal antibody technology to aid in the determination of tumor etiology, which provides for the most appropriate cancer treatments available.
• Your work will include prognostic marker detection as well as diagnostic algorithms.
• You will maintain performance improvement activities within the department and participate in CQI activities.

Qualifications:

• Must be board certified as a Histotechnologist/Histologist either by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) or the National Credentialing Clinical Laboratory Scientist (NCCLS).
• Bachelor of Science degree in Histology, Chemistry, Biology, or equivalent field or equivalent degree approved by the Laboratory Medical Director.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Histologist in an acute care hospital laboratory setting preferred.
• Must be trained and have shown proficiency in performing tissue preparation work-up using monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, special stains or other products such as in-situ hybridization that have been identified for use with automated or hand kits.
• Must have good verbal and written skills and good computer knowledge and keyboarding skills.
• This position is required to successfully pass a color blind test.

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (EIRMC) is a full-service hospital with 318+ patient beds. Our hospital is the largest medical facility in the region. We serve southeast Idaho, western Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, and parts of Montana. Our facility has an ER, a Level II Trauma Center, a Level 1 ICU (one of two in Idaho), and the only Burn Center in the state of Idaho. We have the region’s only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for critically ill children. Our 74-bed Behavioral Health Center offers inpatient and outpatient mental health care for adolescents and adults.

We are part of the HCA Healthcare network - which includes more than 300 affiliate facilities across the country – offering our colleagues the opportunity for travel and relocation. HCA Healthcare and EIRMC are all about caring for people. This care extends to patients, families, and colleagues.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Histotechnologist ASCP opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.