Histotechnologist I

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity
This position works out of our Phoenix, AZ location in the Cancer Diagnostic Division.

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, cardiometabolic, informatics, and toxicology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.

Our molecular division delivers best-in-class innovative testing solutions for people around the world to provide answers to life’s critical health decisions. We help people live full and healthy lives through our accessible, molecular-based solutions.

Position Overview
The Histotechnologist I will perform a variety of histology laboratory procedures used to produce tissue slides and support the general laboratory duties expected to be performed in a CLIA/CAP-certified histopathology laboratory. The Histotechnologist I shall adhere to all safety, quality controls, and procedures, and learn and perform all functions of histology, pathology, and molecular aspects needed in the laboratory.

Schedule: Wednesday - Saturday 11:00am – 9:30pm

Essential Duties

Include but are not limited to the following:

Label documentation of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) blocks, slides, and microcentrifuge tubes by following standard operating procedures (SOPs).

• Routine sectioning, fixation, and processing procedures related to hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining/slide production for fresh frozen (FF) and FFPE samples according to SOPs.

• Prepare and perform processing procedures for DNA and RNA analyze extraction according to SOPs.

• Accurately label accessioned samples/sample containers and test requisition form using laboratory labeling system with assigned number specific to the patient case from laboratory information system (LIS) accessioning.

• Prepare and perform all aspects related to the routine processing of FF tissue samples, to include preparation for tumor estimate procedure, according to standard operating procedures.

• Accession and enter data of received patient samples and specific test request into LIS according to SOPs.

• File and store all slides and FFPE tissue blocks.

• Assist with the initial quality review of incoming specimens.

• Maintain all histology equipment and corresponding documentation; including, but not limited to, quality control worksheets, preventive maintenance records, and day to day maintenance.

• Enter data into the histology portion of the information management system (IMS).

• Perform routine and/or nonroutine histology procedures, and regularly review work to ensure work is carried out in accordance with established policies and procedures.

• Perform microdissection of unstained slides in accordance with markings of stained slides provided.

• Prepare reagents, solutions, and controls.

• Perform and document equipment maintenance and calibration.

• Assist in sample returns, as needed.

• Interact with pathologists and laboratory staff, in accordance with SOPs to ensure specimens are processed in a timely manner with high quality.

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