Histotechnologist Lead

Inova Central Laboratory is looking for a dedicated Histotechnologist Lead to join their team! This role will be Full-Time Evening Shift: Monday-Friday, M-F, 4pm-12:30am

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Histotechnologist Lead Job Responsibilities:

• Evaluates, assesses and adapts procedures to handle problems in frozen section technique to ensure timely and consistent preparations suitable for rapid diagnosis or immunofluorescence procedures.
• Assists with FNA, bone marrow specimen collection and slide preparation.
• Evaluates, correlates, and ensures accuracy/validity of laboratory information.
• Tests and validates tissue to be used as positive control for special procedures.
• Determines the correct mold size for the specimen being embedded while accurately identifying/orienting the specimen.
• Develops user friendly instructional material/guidelines to train existing and new personnel. Implements budgetary measures and cost effectiveness in laboratory operations.
• Participates in the introduction, investigation and implementation of new procedures and the evaluation of new instruments to improve laboratory efficiency.
• Processes specimens in appropriate fixatives or decalcification agents such as molecular biology procedures according to established procedures.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: AS or BS degree from a regionally accredited college/university, with 24 science credits that include a combination of 12 semester hours of biology and chemistry (in any combination).

Experience: 4 years with combined bench and/or 1 year of histology lead/management experience.

Certification: Histotechnologist (HTL ASCP) or Histotechnician (HT) upon start