Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health ยท 2 months ago
Cytotechnologist - Full-time/ Day Shift / Sign on Bonus of up to 10K!!!
Lancaster, PA
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry, Mid Level
0+ years expPenn Medicine Lancaster General Health is dedicated to providing high-quality patient care, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in medicine. The Cytotechnologist role involves preparing, processing, evaluating, and diagnosing cytologic material from various body sites, ensuring the quality of specimens and correlating clinical information to produce accurate reports.
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Responsibilities
Evaluates and accesses--both manually and in the lab computer system--incoming specimens. Resolves specimen quality and documentation problems. Makes critical decisions concerning alternatives of specimen preparation and examination according to type and nature of specimen and patient history
Processes cytologic specimens according to procedure manual. Selects, adapts and performs complex technical manual procedures in the preparation of specimen
Locates and identifies normal and abnormal cells from a variety of body sites: fungal, bacterial and viral changes, drug- and irradiation-induced changes; parasites; and hormonal changes in smears
Seeks, secures and correlates clinical information, including further historical and clinical findings from chart, previous and concurrent examinations, including related Surgical Pathology findings. Discriminates between relevant and superfluous information and observations
Correlates findings of examination, supporting clinical data and documentation, diagnostic possibilities, and specimen quality to develop and write clear, concise reports of differential diagnosis. Enters results into lab computer system to produce final reports
Adapts and utilizes instrumentation to assist in preparation of appropriate low-yield specimen types, on a case-by-case basis
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
American Society of Clinical Pathologists ASCP certification is required within six 6 months of hire
B.S. degree and be graduated from a CAHEA-accredited school of cytotechnology
New graduates accepted to one to two years of experience
Bachelor of Arts or Science (Required)
Benefits
Comprehensive compensation and benefits program
Prepaid tuition assistance program
Company
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, a member of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine), is a more than 800-licensed bed, not-for-profit health system with a comprehensive network of care encompassing Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), Women & Babies Hospital, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital (in partnership with Universal Health Services), and the Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital (in partnership with Kindred Healthcare).
5001-10000 employees
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EVP and Chief Operating Officer
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