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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 6:00pm, with rotating Saturdays
Posted Date
05/06/2025
Salary Range: $92600 - 202200 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
24194

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Are you passionate about surgical pathology and looking to make a meaningful impact behind the scenes? Join our team as a Pathologists’ Assistant, where you’ll play a vital role in patient care by ensuring accurate specimen processing and supporting groundbreaking research. From grossing complex surgical specimens to training Pathologists’ Assistant students, your expertise will help drive excellence in the lab every day. 

In this role, your primary responsibilities include:

• Perform dissection, description, and histologic sampling of a full range of surgical specimens

• Conduct specimen photography and radiography

• Perform frozen sections and other intraoperative consultations

• Procure tissue for tumor banking and research studies

• Identify, investigate, and resolve problems related to surgical pathology

• Assist with accessioning and specimen labeling

• Support the orientation and training of residents, fellows, new staff, and Pathologists’ Assistant students in surgical pathology protocols and procedures

Salary Range: $92,600.00 - $202,200.00/year


Job Qualifications

• PA (ASCP) certified or must pass PA (ASCP) exam within 12 months of hire.

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Must be able to work the occasional Saturday.

• Must have the flexibility to work at both the Westwood and Santa Monica locations.

• 2 or more years of relevant work experience, preferred.



As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.