Altasciences

Altasciences

Histology Technician/Histology Technologist (All Levels)

Columbia, Missouri

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 13 days ago
Performance ManagementMicrosoft Office

About the role

  • Join our team as a Histology Technician/Histology Technologist, where you'll help prepare and process samples for scientific research.
  • You'll learn hands-on skills like tissue slicing and staining, maintaining lab equipment, and organizing supplies in a clean, safe environment.
  • We offer training, making this a great role for someone eager to start a career in science and lab work.

Responsibilities

  • Maintains and documents the use and maintenance of laboratory equipment
  • Maintains a safe, clean and orderly laboratory environment
  • Perform trimming of fixed tissues
  • Performs paraffin tissue processing
  • Performs routine hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining as well as cover slipping microscopic slides

Requirements

  • Identifies required tissue sample orientation and performs paraffin embedding procedures
  • Uses microtomy skills in the preparation of routine (paraffin embedded) microscopic slides according to standard operating procedures and/or required by study protocols
  • Basic computer software skills, MS Office Suite required
  • Proficiency in English including speaking, reading, and writing
  • To perform this job successfully, the individual is required to perform, but not limited to the preparation of quality tissue samples for histopathologic evaluation
  • Ability to troubleshoot basic laboratory equipment

Nice to have

  • Associates degree specializing in science preferred

Skills

  • Basic math skills for the preparation of reagents

Compensation

  • Annual Performance Reviews

Benefits

  • Altasciences offers a wide variety of benefits to help our employees live healthy and fulfilling lives both at and outside of work.
  • Altasciences' Benefits Package Includes
  • Health/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans
  • Paid Vacation and Holidays
  • Paid Sick and Bereavement Leave
  • Employee Referral Bonus
  • Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives.
  • No matter your role, we all play an important part and you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe.

Company info

  • At Altasciences we all move in unison to assist and work in the discovery, development, and manufacturing of new drug therapies to get them faster to people who need them.
  • We are better together and together We Are Altasciences.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.

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