Grossing Technologist

INOVA Fairfax Medical Campus is looking for a dedicated Grossing technologist to join the team! This position is a Full time Night shift. Monday-Friday.

Inova is consistently ranked as national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Grossing Technologist Job Responsibilities

• Performs all technical aspects of grossing, dissection and dictating of surgical specimens using a variety of laboratory materials, chemicals and equipment, according to hospital policies and procedures; This may include specimen photography, specimen radiography and automated cassette printing system.

• Receives specimens from couriers, reads manifests to verify appropriate count, maintains specimen integrity and patient identification; Travels to O.R. or certain clinics if deemed necessary to pick up specimens.

• Ensures specimen integrity upon arrival and throughout the entire anatomic pathology workflow process

• Maintains knowledge of the hospital Laboratory Information System (LIS), ensuring all specimens are received accurately, knowledge of printing and adding cassettes, and preparing specimens for transportation to other laboratories.

• Answers telephone and identifies and troubleshoots registration, specimen and labeling problems; Elevates more serious issues to the gross room leadership.

• Disposes biohazardous waste materials, maintains chemical waste storage areas in accordance with all hospital, local, state, and federal guidelines.

• Maintains surgical and autopsy specimen storage area in a clean organized fashion daily.

• Assists pathologists, pathologists’ assistants and histology assistant staff as requested.

• Maintains grossing room for cleanliness, daily maintenance and inventory.

• Maintains frozen section for cleanliness, daily maintenance, inventory and assists in frozen sections.

• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Education:

• Associate degree in a laboratory science or medical laboratory science

Years of Experience:

• 2 years of relevant experience in an anatomic pathology laboratory, preferred.