This is exactly what we have done in our lab. Our grossing techs stay for a few years until they leave for grad school, med school, official PA school, etc. We really enjoy the variety of people we have had working for us, and our proud of the places they have moved on to.
Lester J. Raff, MD Medical Director UroPartners Laboratory 2225 Enterprise Dr. Suite 2511 Westchester, Il 60154 Tel 708.486.0076 Fax 708.492.0203 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Lundgren Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:21 PM To: Bruce Gapinski Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Histonet] CLIA qualified Bruce, You need a recent college grad with the requisite hours of science courses. If a PA would be overkill, I suspect you need someone to just describe your small bx's and dump them in a cassette. In the facilities where I have worked where they have such a position, the "grossing tech" with a B.S. makes much less than a HT (ASCP) with a high school diploma. It is a position of great responsibility, with low pay. I would start in the neighborhood of $10- $12. an hour, but I have no idea what that equates to in California money. About 40-50% what you pay a starting Histotech. By the way, I would suggest you hire someone with no experience and train them yourselves. No experience equals no bad habits. Finding a person with the right attitude, who understands that the Histology lab literally deals with matters of life and death, is the hard part. Technique can be taught. Sincerely, Jay A. Lundgren M.S., HTL (ASCP) _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
