Histology Technician Data Entry
Resume:
Tiesha Bailey
NewYork City, NY • 914-***-**** • ******@*****.***
Professional Summary
Active Histology Technician skilled in preparing solutions and reagents, examining specimen slides and entering and tracking result information. Dedicated to maintaining a clean and sterile work area and ensuring instruments are properly cared for. Proudly offering over 14 years of experience in preparing tissue specimens for routine and special procedures to confirm patient diagnosis.
Reputable Histology Technician immensely talented in the collection of body tissues. Skilled in examining slides with a compound microscope and cutting, staining and preparing various tissue samples. Devoted to providing a high level of support to pathologists in daily job responsibilities.
Skills
●Collecting Data from manifest and documenting
●Preparing slides for examinations
●Power path system
●Windows Excel XP
●Windows XP
●Power Point XP
●Microsoft Office
●Basic
●Data entry
●Infection Control
●Laboratory equipment
●Laboratory tests
●Excel
●Microsoft Office
●Power Point
●Windows
●Windows XP
●Organizing
●Pathologist
●Quality control
●Receiving
●Recording
●Collecting Specimens
●Technician
●Histochemical testing
●Reports preparation and creation
●Equipment maintenance
●Chemical and stain assessment
●Specimen processing
●Histologic slides preparation
●Seizure management
●Mentoring and coaching
●Critical thinking proficiency
●Processing payment
●Specimen collection and processing
●Procedure standardization
●Anatomic specimen conduction
●Immunohistochemical testing
●Technical applications implementation
●Tissue Processing
●CLIA Guidelines
●Tissue Embedding
●Dissection
●Microtome Operation
●Process Improvement
●Problem Resolution
●Regulatory Compliance
●MS Office
●Project Organization
Work History
St Peters hospital Albany NY (travel tech)
01/09/2023 to 3/15/2023
●Responsible for cassettes coming out of processor
●Cleaning processor, preparing for cleaning cycle
●Embedding cassettes obtained by processor
●Organizing and cleaning blocks so they can be scanned
●Cutting slides according to cassette and amount of slides per cassette
●Staining slides for H&E cover slipping
●Labeling and Lining up slides to match requisitions for Pathologist
●Cleaning up and making sure everything is in proper order
●Kept grossing room fully stocked with necessary supplies and equipment ready for use
●Troubleshot inconsistencies and identified errors to trace root causes and implement corrective actions
●Minimized infection risk by regularly cleaning and disinfecting work areas and equipment
●Dictated and grossed tissue samples obtained from multiple physicians' offices and medical facilities
Summit Health (traveler tech) 02/2022 to 09/25/2022
New Jersey NJ
●Kept grossing room fully stocked with necessary supplies and equipment ready for use
●Troubleshot inconsistencies and identified errors to trace root causes and implement corrective actions
●Minimized infection risk by regularly cleaning and disinfecting work areas and equipment
●Dictated and grossed tissue samples obtained from multiple physicians' offices and medical facilities
●Conducted tests correctly to obtain accurate results used to support patients' needs and diagnose conditions
●Completed complex histological procedures to prepare slides for analysis
●Stayed current on changing procedures to offer expert support for histology laboratory activities
●Cut, mounted and stained samples from hospital patients suffering from acute and chronic concerns
●Retrieved pathological data and delivered pathologist's dictation tapes and surgical pathology requisitions to medical transcriptionists
●Entered data accurately on computer, including demographics, grossing descriptions and clinical diagnosis
●Operated instrumentation for tissue dehydration and section clearing
●Documented routine laboratory instrument maintenance and corrective actions
●Entered and tracked results of analyses and generated reports for clinical personnel
●Sorted specimens according to priority and difficulty of procedures and recorded all processes in pathology log
●Reviewed slides for quality control prior to sending to pathologists
●Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time
●Devoted special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately
Histology MohsTech (Travel Tech) 09/2021 to 01/2022
Rochester Regional Hospital-
Rochester, NY
Mohs Technician
●Performs Histological technical procedures using manual and automated techniques to achieve high quality Pathology slides for review by Pathologists.
●Responsible for providing skilled surgical and medical support to the MOHS surgeon with the patients' care, comfort, safety, and confidentiality as primary concerns. Prepare patients' charts, forms, instruments, and equipment needed for surgery and patient care. Take detailed patient history, and have patient properly draped for the exam, prepare for surgery and assist surgeon
●Prepare histological samples, map, flatten, paraffin embed samples, frozen section samples, sectioning, staining (routine and non-routine), perform Immunohistochemistries, review samples, ensure quality standards and maintain all documentation.
●Comply with all OSHA (safety), CLEP, CLIA and CAP (lab certification and accreditation programs) and HIPAA (patient confidentiality) regulations in the performance of all aspects of the position.
●Perform routine housekeeping duties; keep rooms and laboratory stocked with supplies, efficiently organize, file and dispose of all specimens in accordance with applicable regulations.
●Participates in external and internal proficiency testing.
●Knowledge of Laboratory Information System applications for Histology/Cytology to perform job duties
Histology Tech (Traveling Tech) 08/2020 to 02/2022
Roswell Park Cancer Research Center- Buffalo, NY
●Perform daily function, prepares and organize slides for staining.
●Responsible for the preparation of controls use in IHC, make sure it is viable by conducting testing control slides before use.
●Help in troubleshooting any problems that may occur in IHC Lab.
●Perform ER/PR/Her2 on DAKO automated immunostainer.
●Conduct IHC proficiency tests for CAP.
●Help in validating antibodies as well as control slides for the daily use of running patient cases.
●Examine or Screen slides under microscope to ensure stains meets laboratory QA/QC requirement.
Histology Technician (Traveling Tech), 01/2020 to 04/2020
Rochester University Hospital – Rochester, NY
●Kept grossing room fully stocked with necessary supplies and equipment ready for use
●Troubleshot inconsistencies and identified errors to trace root causes and implement corrective actions
●Minimized infection risk by regularly cleaning and disinfecting work areas and equipment
●Dictated and grossed tissue samples obtained from multiple physicians' offices and medical facilities
●Conducted tests correctly to obtain accurate results used to support patients' needs and diagnose conditions
●Completed complex histological procedures to prepare slides for analysis
●Stayed current on changing procedures to offer expert support for histology laboratory activities
●Cut, mounted and stained samples from hospital patients suffering from acute and chronic concerns
●Retrieved pathological data and delivered pathologist's dictation tapes and surgical pathology requisitions to medical transcriptionists
●Entered data accurately on computer, including demographics, grossing descriptions and clinical diagnosis
●Operated instrumentation for tissue dehydration and section clearing
●Documented routine laboratory instrument maintenance and corrective actions
●Entered and tracked results of analyses and generated reports for clinical personnel
●Sorted specimens according to priority and difficulty of procedures and recorded all processes in pathology log
●Reviewed slides for quality control prior to sending to pathologists
●Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time
●Devoted special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately
Histology Technician, 06/2018 to 01/2020
Schweiger Dermatology – New York,Ny
●Responsible for cassettes coming out of processor
●Cleaning processor, preparing for cleaning cycle
●Embedding cassettes obtained by processor
●Organizing and cleaning blocks so they can be scanned
●Cutting slides according to cassette and amount of slides per cassette
●Staining slides for H&E cover slipping
●Labeling and Lining up slides to match requisitions for Pathologist
●Cleaning up and making sure everything is in proper order
●Kept grossing room fully stocked with necessary supplies and equipment ready for use
●Troubleshot inconsistencies and identified errors to trace root causes and implement corrective actions
●Minimized infection risk by regularly cleaning and disinfecting work areas and equipment
●Dictated and grossed tissue samples obtained from multiple physicians' offices and medical facilities
Histology Technician, 01/2013 to 06/2018
Long Island Jewish Hospital – Long Island, NY
●Sets-up and performs a variety of routine and/or complex laboratory tests and procedures relevant to the particular lab area and personal qualifications
●Prepares and tests specimens for examination and reports results
●Follows established in-process quality control procedures including recording data
●Performs routine and/or preventive maintenance on laboratory equipment
●Troubleshoots basic instrumentation, culture media, chemicals, reagents, stains, solutions, technical problems and methodologies
●Maintains sufficient supplies at workstation
●Ensures and maintains quality control and assurance activities
●Uses Infection Control practices and procedures
●Also performing the regular duties of a Histology Technician 2012 January- 2014 December
●Embedded specimens into blocks and fixed tissues in formalin
●Prepared histologic slides for human tissue samples via processing, cutting, embedding, staining, and mounting
●Adhered to all safety and infection control precautions and regulations
●Assessed the adequacy of chemicals and stains
●Recorded the number of tissue blocks and verified proper identification and labeling
●Assisted the pathologist in gross examination of surgical specimens
●Assessed notes by nursing staff for accuracy, completion, services rendered and patient responses
●Provided patient diagnosis, test evaluation and treatment under strict time constraints
Histology Grossing Technician, 12/2006 to 12/2013
Mount Sinai Hospital – Manhattan, NY
●Cutting, staining, covers slipping routine specimens Special stains, Embedding, Grossing, Frozen sectioning
●Monitored multiple databases to keep track of all company inventory
Specimen Accessioner, 01/2006 to 10/2009
February Mount Sinai Hospital – New York, NY
●Accessioner/ Transporter Patient service, Collecting Specimens Data entry, Signing Delivery Dispatches Keeping Specimens in order Distribution of Reports Organizing of manifest and courier service Calling in pickup for offices with Stats Receiving supplies and keeping data of accounts Solving complications with the data for specimens
●Developed team communications and information for all meetings
●Assisted pathology team with skilled analyses by preparing tissue samples
●Maintained strict aseptic fields when collecting biological samples, minimizing staff and patient infection risks
●Analyzed bodily fluids with laboratory equipment and detected anomalies related to diseased states or acute injuries
●Collect blood and tissue samples with focus on accuracy and adherence to aseptic techniques
●Set up, maintained and verified sterility of lab equipment and tools
●Resolved issues problems, improved operations and provided exceptional client support
●Managed quality assurance program, including on-site evaluations, internal audits and customer surveys
●Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time
●Increased customer satisfaction by resolving all types of issues
Education
Biology, 2013
Community College Of Philadelphia - Philadelphia PA
General Office Services, 2008
Borough of Manhattan Community College - Manhattan, NY
High School Diploma: 2006
Francis Lewis High School - Fresh Meadows, NY
Histology Technician License Training received in Mount Sinai Hospital for Histology. Received my Histology Technician License
Certifications
Histology Technician Certification 000212
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