Grossing Technologist

INOVA Fairfax Medical Campus is looking for a dedicated Grossing technologist to join the team! This position is a Full time Evening 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.

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare. 

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.