About this role
Overview
POSITION SUMMARY
Leadership position within the Histology section of the laboratory. Demonstrates the ability to perform essential functions/responsibilities with knowledge, competency, and appropriateness to ages of patients/customers served.
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES
- Supervises Histology staff to assure compliance with SOP and accuracy of specimen handling and results.
- Coordinates workload, schedules technical staff and assists with pre/post analytical processes as needed including waste management.
3, Advises and assists staff with daily work flow, maintains flexible work hours to ensure department coverage.
- Performs microtomy and staining as needed.
5, Cuts, embeds, and stains frozen sections, surgical samples and autopsy samples; assists with FNA collection as needed.
- Prepares solutions and uses them to perform special stains.
- Responsible for statistics, performance improvement/quality reports and inventory control. Maintains department SOPs and authors SOPs as needed.
- Troubleshoot instruments and notifies BioMed or instrumentation company of repairs needed.
- Follows St. John's Riverside Hospital attendance policy,
NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
SKILLS. EXPERIENCE AND OUALIFICATIONS
- Five years of hospital experience as a medical technologist.
- Demonstrated proficiency in MS office suite of products,
- Demonstrated ability to communicate in writing, using advanced writing skills.
EDUCATION
- B.S. in Medical Technology or related Science.
- NYS DOH license.