What are the responsibilities and job description for the Histotechnologist position at Tempus?
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Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.
What You’ll Do:
- Preparation of both unstained and routine hematoxylin and eosin stained slides from formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue blocks
- Maintain laboratory equipment and record maintenance regularly
- Approach work with safety and diligence and follow safety requirements of the laboratory
- Perform routine workflows without specific guidance
- Reliably produce quality finished product
- Assist in the development of standard operating procedures for new instruments and products
- Collaborate with other members of the Tempus Labs team
- Utilize microtome, water bath, automated stainer, automated coverslipper , tissue processors, and embedding centers
- Collaborate with in-house pathologists for slide quality review
- Ability to cut frozen sections using a cryostat
- Track work completed using a custom Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
- Work collaboratively with other members of the Histology team to accomplish daily cutting and staining deadlines
Qualifications:
- HT or HTL Certification preferred
- Associates or Bachelor's Degree
- Familiarity with Leica equipment, manual microtomes, both Leica and Roche automated IHC staining instruments
- Laboratory
- Knowledge of CAP regulations
- Experience with pathology laboratory SOPs and protocols
- Comfort with laboratory safety and training
- Demonstrates problem solving skills in the laboratory
- Good communication and organization skills
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