Local Contract Histology Technologist
Detroit, MI
Apidel Technologies
5x8 hrs, Days, Evenings
Referral Bonus

Position: Certified Histology Technician
Duration: 13+ weeks of Contract to FTE
Location: Detroit MI
Shift Timing: Day Shift 7am-3:30pm M-F OR Afternoon shift 3pm-11:30pm M-F
Required skill with schedule Notes:
• Interview: 30 minutes MS Teams
• Required Experience: 3 years and up
• Education: Associates Degree or Bachelor's
• Certifications: HT or HTL
Job Summary:
• Under limited supervision performs routine techniques on surgical, autopsy, and research tissue according to standardized procedures.
• Operates and maintains laboratory instruments and equipment required to perform analysis.
Principle Duties And Responsibilities:
• Cuts surgical, autopsy, research and neuropathology tissue using a rotary microtome.
• Embeds surgical, autopsy, research, and neuropathology tissue.
• Stains, coverslips and labels surgical, autopsy, research and neuropathology tissue.
• Under supervision, performs special stains according to standardized procedures.
• Maintains all equipment and instruments. May demonstrate work to help onboard others.
• Mixes and maintains all solutions including stains and special fixatives.
• Maintains and records all QC, CAP, QA instrument function and maintenance records.
• Maintains a current inventory of all reagents and supplies.
• Adheres to Standard Work for all job duties and reports deviations for correction. Participates in data collection and quality improvement efforts.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
Skills: Required Skills & Experience:
• Vision Near Acuity: Ability to see clearly at 20 inches or less.
• Depth Perception: Ability to judge distance and space relationships.
• Accommodation: Ability to adjust vision to bring objects into focus.
• Color Vision: Ability to distinguish and identify different colors necessary to perform job functions.
Education: Required Education:
• Completion of an Associate’s Degree with coursework in Anatomy, Biology, and/or Chemistry,
OR
• Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree program in medical technology, medical laboratory sciences, clinical laboratory sciences, Chemistry, Microbiology, or Biology,
OR
• A High School Diploma or G.E.D. with two years of relevant laboratory experience in a work, academic, or volunteer capacity.
• Coursework completed outside of the US must be verified as by a NACES approved credential evaluation service.