Hospital Laboratory Technician 2, Surgical Pathology

University of California - Los Angeles Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health is seeking a Hospital Laboratory Technician 2 to support Surgical Pathology Reporting offices in Southern California. You will manage slide inventories, receive/sort slides, and pull for Tumor Board and education.

Offsite warehouse pickups and biohazardous waste packaging are part of the role. You will work with faculty, patients, couriers, and vendors; perform daily slide transport; handle tissue requests for trials, and accession cases for special stains and EM.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years in an Anatomic Pathology laboratory.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience with Epic or similar Laboratory Information System.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and push/pull palletized boxes.

Responsibilities

• Manage slide inventories and biohazardous waste packaging.
• Receive, sort, and file microscopic slides.
• Pull slides for Tumor Board, conferences and education.
• Visit offsite warehouse to pull materials and package waste.
• Provide service to faculty, patients, couriers and vendors.
• Perform daily departmental runs to deliver slides.
• Process tissue requests for clinical trials and ancillary testing.
• Release surgical pathology specimens to patients and manufacturers.
• Accession pathology cases for add-ons and special stains.
• Coordinate with patients, OR Scheduling and clinical teams for bone marrow aspirations.
• Perform general office tasks and scan/digitize slides.
• Provide coverage at Santa Monica and West Valley offices.

Job description

Description

As a Hospital Laboratory Technician 2, you will play a crucial role in supporting the operations of our Surgical Pathology Reporting offices. Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Manage microscopic slide inventories, including the preparation/packaging of biohazardous waste for pickup by contracted waste management vendors.
• Receive, sort, and file microscopic slides.
• Pull slides for Tumor Board, conferences, education, pathologist review and other departmental needs.
• Visit the offsite warehouse to pull/file materials and package biohazardous waste for waste management transport.
• Provide exceptional service to faculty, patients, couriers, and vendors.
• Perform daily departmental runs to pickup and deliver slides.
• Process tissue requests for clinical trial submissions, continuation of care, and ancillary testing.
• Release surgical pathology specimens to patients and manufacturers.
• Accessioning pathology cases for add-on immunohistochemistry, special stains, and electron microscopy.
• Coordinate with patients, OR Scheduling and clinical teams to schedule bone marrow aspirations.
• Perform general office tasks (answer phones, respond to emails, scan documents into the EMR, send/receive faxes).
• Digitally scan slides for telepathology applications.
• Provide coverage at the Santa Monica and West Valley Surgical Pathology Reporting Offices, as needed.

Salary Range: $36.49/hour - $48.13/hour

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of experience working in an Anatomic Pathology laboratory.
• High school diploma or equivalent (e.g., GED or HiSET).
• Ability to provide coverage at Santa Monica and West Valley Surgical Pathology Reporting Offices, as needed.
• Familiarity with safe handling and packaging requirements for pathology materials, including glass microscopic slides and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue.
• Ability to multitask and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and respond promptly to high-priority requests.
• Experience working in Epic or an equivalent laboratory information system.
• Capable of meeting physical demands, including standing, walking, reaching, bending, kneeling, ascending/descending, extending/contracting, and rotating/pivoting.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and push or pull up to 1200 lbs. of palletized boxes using a pallet jack.
• Must accurately read fine print for extended periods.