Histotechnician I - Day Shift
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The Histotechnician I prepares human tissue specimens for diagnostic or teaching purposes, processing tissue through fixation, dehydration, embedding, sectioning, decalcification, micro incineration, and mounting. The role also prepares dyes and chemical solutions, processes frozen sections, and may assist with evaluating techniques and training personnel. Occasional travel to community hospitals and rotating weekend or holiday on-call may be included.
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What We Offer
Team member is responsible for preparing sections of body tissue for examination by a pathologist to diagnose body dysfunction and malignancy. This includes the preparation of tissue specimens of human origin for diagnostic or teaching purposes. Team member will process sections of body tissue by fixation, dehydration, embedding, sectioning, decalcification, micro incineration and mounting. Team member prepares dyes and chemical solutions and processes frozen sections. Team member will also assist in the evaluation of new or modified techniques when required. They will advise and assist in the orientation and training of other personnel in equipment and software as necessary. May include occasional travel to community hospitals for assistance with frozen sections. May include weekend and holiday on-call (rotating assignment).
What We're Looking For
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Education: High School Diploma or GED, required.
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Experience: One year of relevant laboratory tech experience (clinical internships of twelve months duration meet this requirement), required. One year full time acceptable experience in a histopathology laboratory in the US, Canada or an accredited laboratory within the last ten years, required.
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Additional Skills/Requirements (required):
•Knowledge of current medical terminology to perform full range of laboratory tests. •Knowledge of laboratory equipment and testing to perform quality control checks and troubleshooting of instrumentation. •Knowledge of medical terminology to communicate with medical staff regarding laboratory procedures and results. •Skill in performing a full range of laboratory tests. •Skill in anticipating and reacting calmly to emergency situations. •Skill in developing and maintaining department quality assurance. •Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with patients, medical staff, hospital staff and the public. •Ability to read and understand information about instrumentation in laboratory field. •Ability to follow written protocols. •Ability to work independently. •Ability to communicate clearly.
Why Choose Novant Health?
At Novant Health, we believe remarkable care starts with compassion for our patients, our communities, and each other. We value belonging, courage, personal growth, and teamwork, creating a space where everyone is respected, supported, and safe to show up as their full selves.
Job Opening ID
197934
How this job compares
Set against the 2,113 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$51–70K/yr244 salary ranges
- North Carolina median$23–30/hr29 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 62 open Laboratory Technician jobs in North Carolina and 2,113 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- Advocate Health15 open
- Labcorp9 open
- Actalent4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (891 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,161 of the 2,113 open Laboratory Technician jobs (55%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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