All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

Benefits from Day One

Paid Days Off from Day One

Career Development

Up to 10k Sign-On Bonus and 3k Relocation 

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Schedule: Full time four days per week, rotating a different day off the week.

Shift: 11:00am- 9:30pm 

Location:   601 E. Rollins St., Orlando, FL 32801

The community you’ll be caring for:  

• Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando
• serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean and South America
• AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country
• We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year

The role you’ll contribute:

Processes specimens for pathologic diagnosis, tissue fixation, processing, preparing and staining slides for microscopic examination by the pathologist

The value you’ll bring to the team:

Assists in training new employees and histology students/interns while providing leadership and mentoring to histotechnicians, fellow histotechnologists, and laboratory support staff to maintain optimal operations and outstanding customer service •May perform quality control testing, equipment maintenance, identification of problems that may affect test performance or reporting of test results, and troubleshooting practices •Ensures the analytic accuracy, precision, and sensitivity in test methods •Maintains established facility and department policies and procedures •Performs analytical activities related to specimen processing, embedding, microtomy, routine and special histologic staining, frozen sectioning, cover slipping and handling of irreplaceable tissue, surgical and body fluid specimens •Participates in proficiency testing program as assigned. Ensures that proficiency testing deadlines are met and samples are analyzed in the same manner as patient samples •May perform immunohistochemical staining and documents quality control, maintains instrumentation and supplies •Follows appropriate safety policies including the appropriate use of PPE, handwashing, and hazardous chemical handling. Demonstrates understanding and adheres to Chemical Hygiene plan and Infection Control policies. Employee job duties may include transport of hazardous waste from the point of generation to a designated secure storage area; employee will be required to complete initial training (prior to handling hazardous waste) and refresher training to include proper handling and transport of hazardous waste, and proper selection, use and disposal of personal protective equipment •May prepare specimens utilize for research requests •Ensures special stains are performed on tissues, as needed

May perform special staining, maintaining solutions and documents quality control •Follows established procedures to collect and process biological specimens for analysis •May register, order, and accession pathology specimens into computer systems •Operates and maintains equipment used to embed, section, stain, and coverslip specimens •Adheres to safety requirements and appropriately handles and disposes chemicals •May assist in procedural areas with specimen collection such as Fine Needle Aspirations •May assist in procedural areas with specimen collection such as Fine Needle Aspirations

May assist with preparation of Cytology specimens •Performs other duties as assigned

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

Minimum Qualifications:   

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION:

•Associate's degree in a related field

Associate and 2 years experience
•Two years of experience as a Histology technician/technologist in a Histology laboratory setting

American Society for Clinical Pathology
• Histotechnologist

•In licensure states, must hold licensure as a Histotechnologist for the department or location assignment as 
applicable to the state
-OR -
•In non-licensure states, must hold a national certification from the American Society for Clinical Pathology 
(ASCP) or equivalent as a Histotechnologist unless grandfathered per state requirement

PREFERRED:
•Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent
•Two years of experience as a Histology technician/technologist in a Histology laboratory setting

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About AdventHealth

At AdventHealth, Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ is our mission. It calls us to be His hands and feet in helping people feel whole. Our story is one of hope — one that strives to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Our more than 80,000 skilled and compassionate caregivers in hospitals, physician practices, outpatient clinics, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice centers are committed to providing individualized, wholistic care.

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