Histology Technical Specialist - Team Lead

UVM Health - Central Vermont Medical Center; Berlin (VT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Central Vermont Medical Center seeks a supervisor for the histology laboratory. The role leads staff, trains new personnel, and evaluates new procedures and equipment while maintaining quality control. You will review slides with Pathologists and oversee specimen processing and staining per protocol.

Relocation assistance is available. 5 years of experience in histology is expected, with ASCP HT/MLS certification options and eligible candidates considered for hire.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in Histotechnology or ASCP HT certification eligible.
• Bachelors degree HTL ASCP eligible; MLS (ASCP) with HTL within two years of hire.
• Experience leading histology staff and ensuring QC in a clinical lab.

Responsibilities

• Supervise histology laboratory and administrative assistant personnel.
• Train new personnel and perform performance evaluations for the lead area.
• Develop new procedures and evaluate new equipment and reagents.
• Recognize abnormal results and troubleshoot instrument problems.
• Review slides with Pathologist and ensure proper logging, labeling, embedding, and staining.

Skills

Staff supervision

Histology

Training

Quality control

Troubleshooting

Education

Associates Degree in Histotechnology

Bachelors Degree in Histotechnology or HTL ASCP

MLS (ASCP) with HTL certification within two years of hire

Tools

Paraffin microtomy

Cryostat processing

Job description

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Job Description

Responsible for the supervision of the histology laboratory and administrative assistant personnel. Responsible for training new personnel. Responsible for performance evaluations in lead area. Responsible for development of new procedures and evaluation of new equipment and reagents. Recognizes abnormal results, troubleshoots instrument problems and recognizes quality control problems. Routinely reviews slides with Pathologist. Duties also include logging in, labeling and processing specimens, embedding, paraffin microtomy, cryostat microtomy, non-gynecological specimen processing, staining of slides, performing special stains and performing gross description of small biopsies according to protocol.

Education

• Associates Degree, HT (ASCP) or eligible.
• Bachelors Degree, HTL (ASCP) or eligible.
• MLS (ASCP) with successful completion of Histotechnology training course and HTL (ASCP) certification within two years of hire.

Experience

5 years

RELOCATION:

Relocation package is available to qualified applicants. Additional terms and conditions apply.

Learn More

About the lab: https://youtu.be/zHcccfAA22g?si=PGjCRHe3bx-3hkNP

We are CVMC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw88cCmq_3o