Histology Lead
UPMC
- New Castle, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
Process and prepare specialized tissue samples in a clinical laboratory. Ability to process all Center of Excellence specialized tissues and specimens and prepare all specialized stains and techniques.Responsibilities:
- Oversee workflow and assign staff to control the daily throughput.
- Assist supervisor in developing work schedules and define rotational workflow duties of laboratory staff.
- Identify capital equipment needs and present workflow justification to the supervisor.
- Maintain and update procedure manuals. Correlate work practices to written procedures and present any necessary changes to the supervisor.
- Assure staff compliance with required instrument maintenance protocols to maximize instrument operation and assure consistent specimen quality outcomes.
- Participate in QA activities; identify issues that require focused QI team initiative.
- Define issues and problems in operations, identify solutions, and justify recommended solution.
- Work with supervisor to assess staff competency based on lab specific checklists.
- Provide input to the performance evaluations of other laboratory personnel.
- Demonstrates proper quality control techniques during review of routine and special stains.
Am Society Clinical Pathology
- American Society for Clinical Pathology
- Act 34 with renewal