Histology Lead - UPMC East

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