Histotechnologist

At Urology Austin, our mission is committed to improving the lives of patients and their families through compassionate, quality, and ethical care.

In choosing a career with Urology Austin, you are choosing to improve the lives of patients and their families through a collaborative team-driven approach in an innovative, quality-driven, community-based setting. Better Medicine. Better Care.

Job Summary:

Under the supervision of a Pathologist, prepares microscopic tissue slides for diagnostic/research purposes from formalin fixed specimens to the finished stained slides, maintains specimens, accessions specimens, equipment logs and laboratory environment. 

​Responsibilities and Duties:

• Prepares microscopic slides on human tissue for diagnostic purposes.
• Performs histochemical and immunohistochemical stains on a variety of slide mounted tissues.
• Performs manual and computerized data entry to accession specimens and maintain logs and recording.
• Prepares or maintains all necessary reagents, including stains, alcohols, and paraffin’s according to proper specification.
• Maintains laboratory equipment.
• Maintains accurate records.
• All other duties as assigned by a pathologist for the diagnosis of patients by histological microscopic means.

Qualifications and Skills:

• High School Diploma required.
• A minimum of two years experience in a histology laboratory setting.
• HT certification by the ASCP (American Society for Pathology Services)
• Knowledge of programming and operation of Histology related IHC equipment.
• Basic know of Windows Office Products.
• Basic knowledge of data entry and patient demographics.
• Ability to approach problems/decisions analytically.
• Ability to maintain detailed records by daily, weekly, monthly and annual maintenance, and maintaining slides and tissue blocks in an organized fashion as part of patients’ medical record.
• Ability to use microtomes, tissue processors and tissue embedding and slide staining stations, perform microtomy and other functions related to the production of diagnostic microscope slides
• Excellent communication and verbal skills, ability to prioritize and interact effectively with al levels of management, staff and physicians.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Able to perform basic instrument preventive maintenance.

Urology Austin offers a competitive benefits package to eligible employees. Below are some of the benefits you may receive as an employee at Urology Austin.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• 401(k) with Employer Contributions and Profit Sharing
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Competitive Wages
• Paid Holidays, No Weekends