What are the responsibilities and job description for the Histotechnologist - UPMC East position at UPMC?
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:
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.
Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates progression of skills towards working independently in an advanced staining area.
- Supports academic mission of department.
- Demonstrate complete knowledge of CoPath related to Histology workflow.
- Maintain instruments following quality control specifications and daily maintenance protocols.
- Perform ancillary or miscellaneous tasks such as filing, cleaning, stocking supplies.
- Perform QC checks at each phase of processing/ staining
- Accurately prepares slides for microtomy using the barcode label in order to maintain correct patient identification throughout the process.
- 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.
- 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.
Salary : $1,000 - $1,000,000