Job Title: Pathologists’ Assistant, travel
Job Location: Upstate New York
Schedule: M-F Day Shift
Pay Range: $3200-$3500/week; Max GSAs, plus airfare, rental car or personal vehicle stipend/mileage
About the location: Nestled in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains, this region offers a balance of natural beauty and small-town charm, where outdoor recreation is woven into daily life year-round.
With a thriving arts and cultural scene alongside strong ties to healthcare, education, and research, it provides a unique setting for both professional growth and personal fulfillment.
The close-knit community atmosphere, paired with access to lakes, trails, and mountain vistas, makes it an inviting place to live and work.
Position Summary: Under general supervision of a pathologist, independently performs or assists in accessioning, dissection, description, and histologic sampling of a full range of surgical specimens and occasional hospital autopsy cases.
Assists on and processes both histological and cytological specimens and aids with supervisory functions of the anatomical pathology department.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of a Baccalaureate degree, Master’s degree preferred.
- Degree in biomedical or health sciences preferred.
- Completion of NAACLS accredited Pathologist’s Assistant program required.
- Candidate with certification as HT, HTL, or Cytology experience preferred.
Key Responsibilities:
- Surgical Pathology: Preparation, gross description and dissection of human tissue surgical specimens including:
- Assuring appropriate specimen accessioning.
- Obtaining pertinent clinical information and history, including scans, x-rays, laboratory data etc.
- Describing gross anatomic features of surgical specimens, preparing tissues for histological processing, obtaining biological samples such as blood, tissue and toxicological material for studies such as flow cytometry, image analysis, immunohistochemistry, etc., and performing special procedures including tumor triage.
- Photographing all appropriate gross specimens.
- Performing specialized gross procedures such as frozen sections and decalcification
- Performing histologic processing (paraffin infiltration, embedding, microtomy and staining).
- Performing special stains.
- Assisting on Bone Marrow procedures.
- Performing annual reviews of Surgical Pathology Procedure Manual.
- Performing all other duties as assigned.
- Autopsy Pathology – Low volume! 0-2 annually on average.
Assisting with postmortem examination, including:
- Review of medical record/charts.
- Special techniques and procedures to be utilized in the completion of examination (cultures; histochemical, immunofluorescence, toxicological, viral or electron microscopic studies, etc.), and notifying all personnel directly involved.
- Assisting the attending pathologist with external examination; in situ organ inspection; evisceration; dissection and dictation or recording of data such as organ weights, presence of body fluids, gross anatomic findings, etc.
- Selecting, preparing and submitting appropriate tissue sections.
- Obtaining biological specimens such as blood, tissue and toxicological material for special studies.
- Photographing the body, organs, microscopic slides and other pertinent materials.
- Performing duties related to administrative maintenance of morgue / autopsy protocols.
- Assuring the proper maintenance of morgue/autopsy equipment and the provision of adequate supplies.
- Performing annual reviews of Autopsy Procedure Manual.
Supervisory/additional duties
Assisting with bedside or clinic cytology procedures (FNA, CT guided biopsies)
Processing specimens, slide prep, staining, distribution.
Inventory management, performance evaluations, QA/QC oversight, CAP readiness.
About Nicklas Laboratory Staffing: Aligned to Laboratories.
Dedicated to People.
Nicklas Laboratory Staffing is the ONLY Staffing Agency founded by a Pathologists’ Assistant that Only Focuses on Labs!
With 12 years of laboratory experience, we specialize in placing pathologists’ assistants, histotechnicians/histotechnologists, cytologists, and lab leaders find travel, permanent, and temp to perm laboratory positions nationwide.
As an employee of Nicklas Laboratory Staffing, we provide employer subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance active on day one.
We also provide you with no cost employer malpractice insurance, and a matching retirement program where you are fully vested.
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