Senior Cytotechnologist: Advanced Diagnostics & QA

Veterans Health Administration; Bay Pines (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bay Pines VA Medical Center, part of the Veterans Health Administration, seeks a Cytotechnologist to perform highly complex diagnostic testing in cytopathology. Applicants must meet basic requirements including US citizenship and English proficiency.

Education must include a regionally accredited bachelor’s degree and completion of an ASCP-accredited cytotechnology program. The role emphasizes quality management, data analysis, and procedure validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from regionally accredited college/university.
• Completion of an ASCP-accredited cytotechnology program.

Responsibilities

• Independently perform and monitor cytopathology testing and procedures.
• Prepare smears, fix slides, and stain specimens as part of cytotechnologist duties.
• Research, test, validate, and implement new procedures and equipment.
• Analyze data for quality assurance and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Specimen adequacy assessment

English proficiency

Quality management

Troubleshooting procedures

Education

Baccalaureate degree

Cytotechnology program accreditation

Tools

Electron microscope

Job description

The Bay Pines VA Medical Center, part of the Veterans Health Administration, seeks a Cytotechnologist to perform highly complex diagnostic testing in cytopathology. Applicants must meet basic requirements including US citizenship and English proficiency.

Education must include a regionally accredited bachelor’s degree and completion of an ASCP-accredited cytotechnology program. The role emphasizes quality management, data analysis, and procedure validation.