Histology Technician jobs in Youngstown, OH

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.