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Pathologists' Assistant
Posted: 03/23/2026
Employment Type:
Permanent
Job Title: Pathologists' Assistant
Job Number: 460
Pay Rate: $60-$92/hour
Job Description
Job Title: Pathologists’ Assistant, permanent
Job Location: Rancho Mirage, CA
Shift: Day Shift, M-F
Pay and Benefits: $60-92/hr depending on experience. Generous benefits to include health insurance, dental, vision, 403b, life insurance, FSA.
About the location: Living and working in Rancho Mirage, California offers a calm, upscale desert lifestyle with stunning mountain views, endless sunshine, and a relaxed pace of life. The area is known for its beautiful neighborhoods, great dining, and proximity to Palm Springs, making it easy to enjoy outdoor recreation, arts, and culture. For a healthcare professional, it’s a comfortable and scenic place to settle into routine while still enjoying the amenities of a resort community.
Description: Works independently under the general supervision of a pathologist to perform human specimen examination and support diagnostic and treatment decisions. Responsibilities include gross dissection, evisceration, description, and histologic sampling of a full range of surgical specimens. The role also assists in supervising and training pathology residents, fellows, and new PAs. Daily interactions occur with staff pathologists, technologists, and referring physicians. Strong organizational skills are essential for coordinating workflow and maintaining timely turnaround. Proficiency with computers and pathology information systems is required for reporting, documentation, and quality assurance tasks.
Qualifications:
Key Responsibilities
About Nicklas Laboratory Staffing: Aligned to Laboratories. Dedicated to People. Nicklas Laboratory Staffing is the ONLY Staffing Agency founded by a Pathologists’ Assistant that Only Focuses on Labs!
With 12 years of laboratory experience, we specialize in placing pathologists, pathologists’ assistants, histotechnicians/histotechnologists, cytologists, medical lab techs, medical lab scientists, and lab leaders in travel, permanent, and temp-to-perm laboratory positions nationwide.
As an employee of Nicklas Laboratory Staffing, we provide employer subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance active on day one. We also provide you with no cost employer malpractice insurance, and a matching retirement program where you are fully vested.
This is your professional journey – Nicklas Laboratory Staffing will be your Advocate. You’ve worked hard to build your skills. Let us help you find the perfect opportunity to put them to use. We make the job search easy, stress-free, and tailored to what matters to you. Whether you’re looking for flexibility in a travel position, or a permanent role with career growth, we are here to help you thrive.
Job Location: Rancho Mirage, CA
Shift: Day Shift, M-F
Pay and Benefits: $60-92/hr depending on experience. Generous benefits to include health insurance, dental, vision, 403b, life insurance, FSA.
About the location: Living and working in Rancho Mirage, California offers a calm, upscale desert lifestyle with stunning mountain views, endless sunshine, and a relaxed pace of life. The area is known for its beautiful neighborhoods, great dining, and proximity to Palm Springs, making it easy to enjoy outdoor recreation, arts, and culture. For a healthcare professional, it’s a comfortable and scenic place to settle into routine while still enjoying the amenities of a resort community.
Description: Works independently under the general supervision of a pathologist to perform human specimen examination and support diagnostic and treatment decisions. Responsibilities include gross dissection, evisceration, description, and histologic sampling of a full range of surgical specimens. The role also assists in supervising and training pathology residents, fellows, and new PAs. Daily interactions occur with staff pathologists, technologists, and referring physicians. Strong organizational skills are essential for coordinating workflow and maintaining timely turnaround. Proficiency with computers and pathology information systems is required for reporting, documentation, and quality assurance tasks.
Qualifications:
- Education:
- Required: Bachelor’s degree
- Preferred: Graduate of NAACLS accredited Pathologist’s Assistant Training Program; Master’s degree or higher
- Licensure/Certification:
- Required: American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) board Pathologists' Assistant Certification within one (1) year of hire
- Experience:
- Preferred: Pathologists’ Assistant experience
Key Responsibilities
- Demonstrates compliance with Code of Conduct and compliance policies and takes action to resolve compliance questions or concerns and report suspected violations.
- Responsible for preparation, gross description and dissection of human tissue surgical specimens including assuring appropriate specimen identification and accessioning,
- Reviews clinical history, including scans, x-rays, laboratory data, etc.
- Follows CAP Cancer Protocols, AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and AAPA Grossing Guidelines when processing complex cancer cases.
- Complies with specimen processing protocols in a uniform manner.
- Describes gross anatomic features, dissecting surgical specimens, and preparing tissues for histologic processing.
- Assures integrity of specimens by using knowledge of relationship between appropriate specimen and procedural requirements.
- Exercises judgment by preserving samples for testing.
- Verifies accuracy and editing of CPT codes for each specimen.
- Obtains biological specimens such as blood, tissue and other material for studies such as flow cytometry, image analysis, immunohistochemistry, etc., and performs special procedures including specimen imaging / radiography and tumor triage; performs frozen sections and other intra-operative consultations, within established protocol and procedural parameters.
- Maintains quality control / assurance activities and records.
- Photographs all pertinent gross specimens and microscopic slides.
- Performs duties relating to the administrative maintenance of surgical pathology protocols, reports and data.
- Operates, maintains and troubleshoots instrumentation for the safe and routine operation of equipment.
- Assures proper maintenance of equipment, provision of adequate supplies, and cleanliness of the surgical pathology suite.
- Assists in the orientation of new personnel as directed by the laboratory directory.
- Resolves procedural problems with consultation. Reports appropriate results and problems to Pathologist(s).
- Performs and documents quality control and QA procedures as required by various accrediting agencies and hospital regulations.
- Performs administrative, teaching and other duties as assigned.
About Nicklas Laboratory Staffing: Aligned to Laboratories. Dedicated to People. Nicklas Laboratory Staffing is the ONLY Staffing Agency founded by a Pathologists’ Assistant that Only Focuses on Labs!
With 12 years of laboratory experience, we specialize in placing pathologists, pathologists’ assistants, histotechnicians/histotechnologists, cytologists, medical lab techs, medical lab scientists, and lab leaders in travel, permanent, and temp-to-perm laboratory positions nationwide.
As an employee of Nicklas Laboratory Staffing, we provide employer subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance active on day one. We also provide you with no cost employer malpractice insurance, and a matching retirement program where you are fully vested.
This is your professional journey – Nicklas Laboratory Staffing will be your Advocate. You’ve worked hard to build your skills. Let us help you find the perfect opportunity to put them to use. We make the job search easy, stress-free, and tailored to what matters to you. Whether you’re looking for flexibility in a travel position, or a permanent role with career growth, we are here to help you thrive.
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