"Pathology Assistant 3- Surgical Pathology Orange- FT Day Shift"

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

Under the direction and supervision of the pathologist, the Pathologist Assistant (PA) is responsible for the examination, description, dissection of anatomic pathology specimens and assists with frozen sections and autopsy procedures. Supervise gross room staff, assure efficient work flow and ensure procedures comply with accreditation and regulatory standards. Ensure quality control, quality assurance, and compliance measures are maintained. Teach and train pathology residents, PA students, medical students and pathology laboratory staff. Provide technical expertise in the performance of surgical pathology tests and procedures. Photograph specimens including gross postmortem specimens. Assess the adequacy for renal biopsies in interventional radiology. Prepare tissue for numerous pathological tests including frozen section, tumor bank, image analysis, electron microscopy, immunofluorescence, cultures, flow cytometry, drug resistant assays, and immunohistochemical staining. The PA assists with administrative functions, maintenance of protocols, procedures, QA/QC, and instruments and will perform teaching and other duties as assigned.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

- Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties

- Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job

- Knowledge of laws and regulatory requirements relating to decedent affairs

- Knowledge of laws and regulatory requirements for CAP, JCAHO and California State laboratory law for Anatomic Pathology

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

- Completion of a 2-year Pathology Assistant program and Pathology Assistant board certified or eligible by hire date

- Completion of a 2-year Pathologists' Assistant program (NAACLS accredited) and ASCP Board Certified

- Bachelor's Degree in a Science field

- Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload

- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience working in a UC and/or union environment

- Experience in an Anatomic Pathology department

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.