Histotechnologist II
Durham, NCFull-timePosted 4 days agoStill listed 1 day ago
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Job overview
Tempus operates a precision-medicine platform connecting real-world evidence to provide physicians with actionable insights. The Histotechnologist II prepares and processes tissue samples and slides, supports pathology review, tracks work in a laboratory information system, and maintains equipment and workflow records. The role also involves routine workflow adjustments, quality-focused production, and collaboration with histology and pathology colleagues.
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Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?
Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.
Responsibilities:
- Preparation of both unstained and routine hematoxylin and eosin stained slides from formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue blocks using: a microtome, water bath, automated stainer, automated coverslipper, tissue processors, and embedding centers
- Determine appropriate block orientation and alignment, knife angles, and settings to obtain representative sections
- Maintain specimen integrity through proper identification of samples, slides and folders
- Cut frozen sections using a cryostat, stain samples for pathologists to review
- Collaborate with in-house pathologists and pathology lab coordinators for slide quality review
- Track work completed using a custom Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
- Maintain laboratory equipment and record maintenance regularly, authorized to troubleshoot when necessary
- Approach work with safety and diligence and follow safety requirements of the laboratory
- Perform routine workflows without direct guidance, evaluate workflows and make adjustments to SOPs to capture those processes
- Reliably produce quality finished products
- Work collaboratively with other members of the Histology team to accomplish daily cutting and staining deadlines
- Communicate effectively with pathologists, members of the histology team, and other associated teams as relates to workflow needs
- Notifies the lead, supervisor, and/or manager when problems or mistakes arise and may implement fixes with authorization and under direction, records issues in the incident management system
- Report issues with instrumentation, samples, or the lab itself in a timely manner
Preferred Qualifications:
- ASCP HT or HTL required
- College degree required - associates or bachelors degrees
- Previous histology experience required
- Knowledge of CAP regulations
- Experience with pathology laboratory SOPs and protocols
- Comfort with laboratory safety and training
- Demonstrates problem solving skills in the laboratory
- Good communication and organization skills
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,183 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$51–72K/yr274 salary ranges
- North Carolina median$23–30/hr29 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 71 open Laboratory Technician jobs in North Carolina and 2,183 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- Advocate Health14 open
- Labcorp11 open
- Actalent4 open
- Experience
- Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (906 postings).
- Education
- 280 of the 2,183 open Laboratory Technician jobs (13%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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