Histology Lead - New Castle, United States - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Description

UPMC Jameson is hiring a full-time Histology Lead to join our team of excellent Laboratory Services professionals

If you are looking to join a dynamic team where you can find a sense of reward and accomplishment each and every day, then the laboratory team at UPMC Jameson may be the right fit for you.

The Histology Lead will mainly work a daylight shift with no on-call, weekends or holidays required. No travel would be required for this position.


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 solution.
• 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.

Qualifications:

Successful completion of a NAACLS accredited HT/HTL program within the last 5 years OR an Associate's degree 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.

4 years of clinical laboratory experience post-training if certified as HT OR 3 years of clinical laboratory experience post-training if certified as an HTL.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
Am Society Clinical Pathology

• American Society for Clinical Pathology
• Act 34 with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran