Histology Lead - UPMC East
UPMC - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center · Monroeville, PA
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Histology Lead - UPMC East
@ UPMC - University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterHistology Lead - UPMC East
About the job
UPMC East is a renowned medical center offering a full-time Histology Lead role. Focus on processing specialized tissues, managing staff, and maintaining quality in a supportive, growth-oriented environment. Work daytime hours, Monday to Friday, with competitive benefits.
Requirements
- Experience in clinical histology laboratory
- Ability to oversee workflow
- Knowledge of specialized stains and techniques
- Staff supervision skills
- Compliance with lab protocols
Qualifications
- NAACLS accredited HT/HTL program
- 3+ years histology experience with HTL certification
- Bachelor's degree in related field
- Knowledge of quality control techniques
Full job description
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!
Purpose:
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
Responsibilities:
- 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.
- 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.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- Histology Technician (HT) or Histotechnologist (HTL) certification from ASCP preferred
- Act 34
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran