Pathologists Assistant / Pathology Technician
San Francisco, California
California Pacific Medical Center - Davies Campus

Job Opportunity: Pathologists Assistant / Pathology Technician

Location: San Francisco, California
Employment Type: Travel/Contract
Shift: Evening (5 days a week, 8 hours per day, 2:00 PM – 10:30 PM)
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

• Perform pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic laboratory procedures on biological specimens to support diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and disease prevention.
• Handle specimen/material receipt, preparation, archival/retrieval, validation testing, and troubleshooting per department policies.
• Collaborate with physicians, clients, and staff to ensure superior patient care and maintain professionalism.
• Accession specimens, process for testing, interpret results, and submit to other labs as needed.
• Maintain equipment, facilities, supplies, and reagents.
• Perform gross dissection and description of pathology specimens of varying complexity.
• Assist with intra-procedural consultations including gross examinations and frozen sectioning.
• Conduct all aspects of post-mortem examinations including documentation and tissue submission for microscopic evaluation.
• Manage pathology materials including storage, retrieval, and disposal of tissue and chemical waste.
• Audit accessioning and coding, provide feedback for improvement.
• Participate in compliance, validation, quality control, and implementation of new testing methodologies.
• Support other laboratory functions within scope of training and regulation.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of experience as a Pathologists' Assistant.
• Recent Pathologists' Assistant experience within the last year.