Senior Medical Laboratory Technician – Diagnostics Leader

Highmark Health; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health is seeking a laboratory professional in Pittsburgh to perform routine and high complex analyses on clinical specimens and assist with daily department operations. You will verify analytic parameters, maintain instrumentation, and support quality processes while collaborating with managers and staff.

The role includes mentoring junior staff and students, ensuring adherence to HIPAA and privacy standards, and participating in ongoing education to advance laboratory capabilities.

Qualifications

• Performs routine and complex procedures to provide quality clinical information.
• Verifies analytic accuracy, precision, sensitivity, and linearity for test methods.
• Maintains instrumentation and troubleshoots QC issues.

Responsibilities

• Operates, calibrates, checks and maintains instrumentation.
• Ensures quality controls and test procedures meet standards.
• Mentors MT/MLT, phlebotomy and lab processor students and new staff.

Skills

Clinical procedures

Quality control

Laboratory operations

Education

ASCP eligible Associate's degree

Tools

Laboratory instrumentation

Maintenance of equipment

Job description

Highmark Health is seeking a laboratory professional in Pittsburgh to perform routine and high complex analyses on clinical specimens and assist with daily department operations. You will verify analytic parameters, maintain instrumentation, and support quality processes while collaborating with managers and staff.

The role includes mentoring junior staff and students, ensuring adherence to HIPAA and privacy standards, and participating in ongoing education to advance laboratory capabilities.