Histology Lead - UPMC East

UPMC•Monroeville, PA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

UPMC East is currently hiring a fulltime Histology Lead to join our team! Are you a Lab Professional who is interested in working at a world-renowned medical center with an up-beat environment? Are you looking for a meaningful career with endless opportunities? Do you enjoy working hands on with patients, their families, and a supportive team to provide excellent patient care? If so, you might be a great fit for a role at UPMC! UPMC East is hiring a fulltime Histology Lead to mainly work a daylight shift, Monday thru Friday – either 5 am to 1:30 pm or 5:30 am to 2 pm. UPMC offers a competitive benefits package and has a career ladder in place that allows you to grow professionally from both a technical and managerial standpoint. Candidates will be placed in the correct job title/salary grade based on education and experience. Apply today and find out where your career can take you!

Requirements

Successful completion of one of the following: NAACLS accredited HT/HTL program within the last 5 years OR 60 semester hours of academic credit from a regionally accredited college/university with a combination of 12 semester hours of biology and chemistry OR Bachelor's degree with a combination of 30 semester hours of biology and chemistry
3 years of clinical histology laboratory experience if certified as a Histotechnologist (HTL) OR 4 years of clinical histology laboratory experience if certified as a Histotechnician (HT) OR 6 years of clinical histology laboratory experience as a Histology Lab Technician (HLT) or equivalent without certification.
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Nice To Haves

Histology Technician (HT) or Histotechnologist (HTL) certification from ASCP preferred

Responsibilities

Process and prepare specialized tissue samples in a clinical laboratory.
Ability to process all Center of Excellence specialized tissues and specimens and prepare all specialized stains and techniques
Oversee workflow and assign staff to control the daily throughput.
Assist supervisor in developing work schedules and define rotational workflow duties of laboratory staff.
Identify capital equipment needs and present workflow justification to the supervisor
Maintain and update procedure manuals. Correlate work practices to written procedures and present any necessary changes to the supervisor.
Assure staff compliance with required instrument maintenance protocols to maximize instrument operation and assure consistent specimen quality outcomes
Participate in QA activities; identify issues that require focused QI team initiative.
Define issues and problems in operations, identify solutions, and justify recommended solutions.
Work with supervisor to assess staff competency based on lab-specific checklists.
Provide input to the performance evaluations of other laboratory personnel.
Demonstrates proper quality control techniques during review of routine and special stains.