"Mohs Histotechnologist (Dermatology -SOM)"

Job Details

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

The Department of Dermatology is seeking a Mohs Histotechnologist. Position requires significant technical expertise and a high level of responsibility in handling delicate specimens. Must demonstrate competency in all job-related tasks, including technical expertise in tissue processing, organization in storage of slides and efficiency in ordering and restocking supplies or reagents. Provide support in ongoing expansion and quality improvement process a must.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Process tissue in the Mohs Dermatologic Surgery units.
• May involve occasional travel to other Dermatology clinic sites to provide histotechnologist coverage and support for Mohs surgeons.
• Prepare equipment for use in frozen and fixed specimens (setting up water bath, stainer, cover-slipper and other instruments).
• Embed tissue and cut frozen/paraffin blocks.
• Gross fresh tissue specimens.
• Prepare slides (staining slides, reviewing stain for adequacy, labeling and distributing slides).
• Recut blocks as requested by the Mohs surgeon/ Dermpath attending.
• Clean embedding center and stainer in compliance with credentialing policies.
• Pull slides/blocks from storage, as requested; change frozen section stains (preparing reagent, preparing special stains).
• Train and orientate new staff in the laboratory.
• Monitor Divisional staff mandatory health and safety training and ensure their attendance at training sessions and ensure continuing staff compliance.
• Ensure all lab staff understand the yearly National Patient Safety Goals, especially the Laboratory Services National Patient Safety Goals.
• Participate in quality assurance activities.
• Maintain documentation for QA and report QA problems to supervising physician.
• Participate in facility-wide continuous quality improvement activities, safety and disaster activities and other QA activities.
• Attend continuing education and mandatory training sessions.
• Perform miscellaneous related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Allied Health, Biology, Chemistry, or related program with at least 12 semester hours credits achieved in biology and/or chemistry.
• One year of laboratory experience including some histology experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited Histotechnology Certification program.

Classified Title: Histotechnologist I
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Mohs Histotechnologist (Dermatology -SOM)
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CE
Starting Salary Range: $19.75 - $35.35 HRLY ($65,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M - F; 8:30am - 5:00pm
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location: JH at Timonium
Department name: SOM Der Cosmetic Center
Personnel area: School of Medicine

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

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