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.

+ Successful completion of bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college/university with a combination of 30 semester hours of biology and chemistry.

+ One year of clinical histology laboratory experience post training if not a graduate of accredited training program required.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ American Society Clinical Pathology Histotechnologist- HTL (ASCP) certification required within 12 months of hire.

+ Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran