What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pathologist Assistant position at Witham Health Services?
Job Summary
A pathologists' assistant is an intensively trained allied health professional who provides anatomic pathology services under the direction and supervision of a pathologist. Pathologists' assistants interact with pathologists in same manner that physicians' assistants carry out their duties under the direction of physicians in surgical and medical practice. Pathologists' Assistants contribute to the overall efficiency of the laboratory or pathology practice in a cost effective manner by performing a variety of tasks, consisting primarily of gross examination of surgical pathology specimens and performance of autopsies. Each individual performs only those high complexity tests that are authorized by the laboratory director and require a degree of skill commensurate with the individual's education, training or experience and technical abilities.
Minimum Education/License/Certification Requirements
A pathologists' assistant is an intensively trained allied health professional who provides anatomic pathology services under the direction and supervision of a pathologist. Pathologists' assistants interact with pathologists in same manner that physicians' assistants carry out their duties under the direction of physicians in surgical and medical practice. Pathologists' Assistants contribute to the overall efficiency of the laboratory or pathology practice in a cost effective manner by performing a variety of tasks, consisting primarily of gross examination of surgical pathology specimens and performance of autopsies. Each individual performs only those high complexity tests that are authorized by the laboratory director and require a degree of skill commensurate with the individual's education, training or experience and technical abilities.
Minimum Education/License/Certification Requirements
- Federal law classifies anatomic pathology as "high complexity" testing; thus meets CLIA requirements for high complexity testing.
- Bachelor or Master of Science degree from an accredited university, with completion of a National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) approved Pathologists Assistant training program and successful completion of the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) PA certification examination or registry.
- Diploma must indicate pathologist assistant as major. If diploma does not specify this, a transcript must also be submitted to review CLIA educational requirements.
