Grossing Technician - Pathgroup - Chattanooga, TN
(2021-07)
Duties Include
- Grossing of various specimens ensuring maximum accuracy regarding piece counts as well as overall appearance, dimensions, and possible abnormalities of body tissue, thereby assisting histology technicians and pathologists assigned to a respective case
- Keeping testing and preserving chemicals in stock and documenting inventory leading to constant availability of materials needed for slide production and surgery staff
- Initial assorting of shipped specimen resulting in expedited workflow and overall increase in productivity
Grossing Technician - Quest Diagnostics - Columbia, MO
(2020-09 - 2021-06)
Duties Included
- Grossing of various specimens ensuring maximum accuracy regarding piece counts as well as overall appearance, dimensions, and possible abnormalities of body tissue, thereby assisting histology technicians and pathologists assigned to a respective case
- Ensuring continuity of workflow by servicing pressing machinery and leading night shift personnel including accessioning team and histology technicians
- Verifying daily workload by reporting processing times and block count to lab personnel well as taking photographs of various tissue runs to ensure overall work quality
- Assisting other grossing technicians with complex specimens, thereby enhancing competence levels of grossing department
Grossing Technician - MAWD Pathology Group - Lenexa, KS
(2020-02 - 2020-07)
Duties Included
- Grossing of various specimens confirming maximum accuracy regarding piece counts and overall appearance and dimensions of tissue aiding histology technicians and pathologists
- Operating processing machinery leading appropriate processing times for assorted tissue samples and specimens
- Ensuring continuity of workflow by servicing Peloris processor regarding re-supplying chemicals and overall preventive maintenance
- Embedding of tissue into wax molds, thereby maximizing slide production and read-out by assigned medical personnel
Grossing / Histology Technician - Labcorp of America - Overland Park, KS
(2017-08 - 2019-01)
Duties Included
- Grossing of various specimens ensuring maximum accuracy regarding piece counts and overall appearance and dimensions of specimens for histology technicians and designated pathologist
- Embedding specimen in wax molds, thus enabling cutting process and eventual slide production and read-out by assigned medical personnel
- Operating processing machinery leading to adequate processing times for various sized samples and specimens
- Servicing Peloris machines by re-filling chemicals ensuring proper fixation and processing of specimens
- Keeping testing and preserving chemicals in stock and documenting inventory leading to constant availability of materials needed for slide production
- Hand scanning off-site blocks into Vantage computer system thus contributing to meticulous bookkeeping and long-term storage of processed slides
Enlisted as Cardiopulmonary Laboratory Technician - United States Air Force - Fort Sam Houston, TX
(2017-01 - 2017-05)
Medical discharge under honorable conditions
Grossing / Histology Technician for Dianon Histology - Labcorp of America - Oklahoma City, OK
(2016-05 - 2017-01)
Duties Included
- Initial assorting and accessioning of shipped specimen resulting in expedited workflow and overall increase in productivity
- Filling and prioritizing of special stain slides into designated AX filing systems thus contributing to meticulous bookkeeping and long-term storage of processed slides
- Prepping and grossing of various specimens (including prostate samples, cysts, and vasectomies) thus minimizing human error during embedding and cutting process
- Operating processing machinery ensuring proper processing time for various sized samples and specimens
- Embedding specimens in wax molds, thus enabling cutting process and eventual slide production and read-out by assigned medical personal
- Keeping testing and preserving chemicals in stock and documenting inventory leading to constant availability of materials needed for slide production
- Cleaning and calibrating processing and embedding machinery thereby meeting superior standards of sanitation and purity of testing samples as well as minimizing unnecessary potential errors throughout the process
Quality Control Laboratory Technician - Continental Carbon Company - Ponca City, OK
(2015-02 - 2015-11)
Duties Included
- Quality testing of carbon black material in predetermined intervals of 2 hours resulting in high quality products shipped to customers
- Further quality testing of carbon black prior to shipping to major tire companies such as Goodyear and Michelin thus minimizing potential testing errors and assuring high quality standards
- Maintaining and calibrating testing machinery and equipment optimizing test results and minimizing potential human error
- Documenting test results in computerized log sheets via AX program resulting in meticulous bookkeeping of daily test results
- Keeping testing chemicals in stock and documenting inventory leading to constant availability of chemicals needed for 24-hour quality testing
- Training of production personnel regarding basic laboratory principles and techniques affecting and increasing personnel's understanding of basic testing and laboratory procedures
