Travel Histo Tech - $2,252 per week in Biloxi, MS Job at HealthCare Connections, Inc., Biloxi, MS

  • HealthCare Connections, Inc.
  • Biloxi, MS

Job Description

Histo Tech
Location: Biloxi, MS
Agency: HealthCare Connections, Inc.
Pay: $2,252 per week
Shift Information: Days - 5 days x 8 hours
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: 9/14/2026

About the Position

We are in search of a travel histologist for a highly volume, prestigious health care system located within 30 mins of Biloxi. Duties include cutting, embedding, special stains, and IHC. 3 + years of high volume histology experience is a must. Start time 4 or 5am - 8 hour shifts, with occasional weekends.

This area of MS boasts many museums and attractions, as well as multiple Civil War and Civil Rights sites. Are you a music lover? Stir your soul with great blues, gospel, jazz, and more. And the food! Bring along your appetite and savor our down-home southern cooking, gourmet Southern Fusion, plus all your international favorites. You’ll love their charming neighborhood cafés, where the food is amazing and you’re treated like family. You’ve got over 300 restaurants from which to choose!

Pay range: $2,252/week

Overview:

Perform routine specimen preparation which involves cutting various tissue types and mounting them on glass slides for examination under the microscope by the pathologist.

Summary:

Nationally certified histotechnician experienced in receiving, processing, and preparing patient tissue specimens for microscopic examination and analysis by the pathologist. Able to perform complex histologic procedures, recognize deviations from expected results, and analyze and correct problems using scientific principles learned from NAACLS training and two (2) years of experience.

Skill Requirements:

  • Calibrate, operate, troubleshoot and maintain the equipment
  • Dexterity and good hand-eye coordination are required to collect and prepare specimens
  • Lab safety and infection prevention is of paramount importance

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

  • Remove tissue from a preservative solution and removes water from the sample and replaces it with paraffin wax
  • Embed sample in a larger block of wax to prepare it for slicing, before mounting it on a microtome
  • Slice, or section, the sample then stain with special dyes and mount on a slide for viewing with a microscope

Requirements

Education, Certification, & Experience: 3+ years of high volume cutting experience a must 

  • Associate or Bachelor's Degree or 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) from a regionally accredited college/university with a combination of 12 semester hours (18 quarter hours) of biology and chemistry
  • HT/L (ASCP) certification

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Shift work

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