Histotechnologist - UPMC East

Job Description

\n

UPMC East is currently hiring a fulltime Histotechnologist 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 Histotechnologist 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, a sign-on bonus for qualified candidates 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:
\n Process and prepare specialized tissue samples per competency guidelines for this level in a clinical laboratory. In addition, monitor level and quality of work performed by others. Evaluate new procedures, techniques and tools. Resolve problems that impact test results.

\n
• Demonstrates progression of skills towards working independently in an advanced staining area.
\n
• Supports academic mission of department.
\n
• Demonstrate complete knowledge of CoPath related to Histology workflow.
\n
• Maintain instruments following quality control specifications and daily maintenance protocols.
\n
• Perform ancillary or miscellaneous tasks such as filing, cleaning, stocking supplies.
\n
• Perform QC checks at each phase of processing/ staining
\n
• Accurately prepares slides for microtomy using the barcode label in order to maintain correct patient identification throughout the process.
\n
• Process and prepare surgical and autopsy tissue specimens for embedding, cutting, staining and coverslipping. Embed and cut specialized tissue based on location including minute biopsy protocols.
\n
• Ensures all tissues are embedded and cut according to department specific protocols with proper orientation and complete sections including no folds, chatter, artifacts or floaters.
\n

\n

\n
• Successful completion of bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college/university with a combination of 30 semester hours of biology and chemistry. 
\n
• One year of clinical histology laboratory experience post training if not a graduate of accredited training program required.
\n

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

\n
• American Society Clinical Pathology Histotechnologist- HTL (ASCP) certification required within 12 months of hire.
\n
• Act 34
\n

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran