Travel Allied (Histotechnician) - Laboratory Unit

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

Previous Employment Requirements: Former employees are eligible for a travel assignment once they have been away from the facility for 6 months or more, Current employees are ineligible to be hired as a traveler at any Ohio State University hospital location

Required Skills/Experience: At least 1 year of hands-on experience in histology, with specific expertise in microtomy and paraffin embedding.

Required Credentials: Education must be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited program. ASCP-HT (American Society for Clinical Pathology - Histotechnician)

Procedures/Diagnostics/Treatments Performed on Unit: Histology duties for travel techs consist of routine paraffin embedding; sectioning for routine H&E staining, IHCs, molecular and info office orders. Minimal special staining and processing duties.

Special Requests: References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years. RTO required with submission, must be built into contract

Shift & Scheduling: : 3rd shift, Sun-Thurs or Mon-Fri Start time can be as early as 8p and as late as 11pm. No weekends, some OT may be optional as needed.

Parking must be paid by the employee but is free on 3rd shift.

Equipment Used on Unit:

-20 microtomy stations with Leica microtomes, a water bath, a cold plate, a computer and an ESPO printer,

-2 sakura and 4 Leica embedding stations,

-6 Peloris processors,

-DreamPath block filing system,

one Leica and one Sakura automated H&E stainers/coverslippers (glass),

-4 Dako Artisan special stainers,

brand new (not yet validated for patient tissue) ClaraPath SectionStar automated microtome (automatically cuts slides from blocks). We work with IHC but they have their own manager and staff. Their instruments include multiple platforms including 13 Bond 3s, Dako Omnis, 2 Sakura Genies, and a few Benchmarks.