Pathology Assistant

**Job Description**:
**Position**:Pathology Assistant

**Dept**:Anatomical Pathology

**Posting ID**: 2023-31366

**Role Level**:AT10.7 - $39.79 to $49.31 (13% in lieu of benefits and 6% in lieu of vacation)

**Status**:Casual (x3)

**Site**:Credit Valley Hospital

**Shifts**: All shifts (Primarily evenings and weekends)

**Date Posted**: February 1,2023

**Internal Deadline**:February 8,2023

Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

Our Mission**:A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community**

Our Values**:Compassion, Excellence, Courage**

Our Goals**:Quality, Access, Sustainability**

Our Enablers**:People, Education, Innovation, Research**

**Overview**:
Are you an experienced Pathology Assistant looking for new challenges and opportunities? Do you want to work in an environment that fosters flexibility and work-life balance? Would you like to work with fellow Pathology Assistants and laboratory staff in a collaborative environment that is supported by dedicated Pathologists who are actively engaged in the laboratory? If this sounds like you, then bring your top talents and passion to this evolving role as a Pathology Assistant at Trillium Health Partners.
- Performs duties associated with the preparation of surgical specimens for Pathologists including: gross description, dissection, dictation, and photography
- May assist with post-mortem examinations, including in-situ organ inspections and evisceration, in consultation with the Pathologist
- Processes a vast array of specimen types. Trillium Health Partners has surgery programs in Neurosurgery, Gyne-Oncology, Thoracic and a large Breast Surgical Oncology program
- Participates in the ongoing process improvement to ensure best practice and exceptional patient care
- Contributes to the teaching and training of Laboratory Technologists, medical students, and other learners

**Qualifications***:

- Graduate of a recognized school of Medical Technology or completion of a recognized Pathology Assistants Training Program
- Minimum of 2 year recent experience as a Pathology Assistant dealing with complex oncology and surgical specimens is preferred
- Commitment to quality and patient safety through a team approach to laboratory work is essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills- Where these factors are relatively equal seniority shall govern providing the successful applicant._- In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation._
- All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act._
- Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act._

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