Histopathology Technician

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About the Position: This position is located at Martin Army Community Hospital; within, Department of Pathology Martin Army Community Hospital, Ft.

Benning, GA Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes assisting with cutting and staining human tissue specimens for microscopic examinations; testing and examining body fluids; and maintaining and calibrating pathology equipment.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06).

OR Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as Histotechnology, Human Anatomy, or Biomedical Science.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18.

Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Prepares tissue specimens of all sizes and conditions from any part of the body for diagnostic examination by the pathologist .
• Performs complex histopathological tasks, exercising individual responsibility for work.
• Operates the highly complex immunohistochemical stainer to produce targeted immunostains.
• Demonstrates broad knowledge of the complex principles of immunologic techniques.
• Evaluates and executes protocols for validation of new immunohistochemical tests with a working knowledge of selection and evaluation of proper control specimens.
• Freezes, cuts (cryotomy) and stains tissue for intraoperative rapid diagnosis of cancer in surgical specimens (i.e., “frozen sections”) while the patient is still under anesthesia in the surgical operating room.
• Independently plans and organizes day-to-day responsibilities within the histology section.
• Prepares the grossing benches daily.