White Plains Hospital · 2 days ago
Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Histotechnician
White Plains, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$94K/yr - $121K/yr
1+ years expWhite Plains Hospital is seeking a Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Histotechnician to perform histological technical procedures and ensure high-quality pathology slides for review. The role involves laboratory testing responsibilities, maintaining quality assurance, and participating in regulatory readiness while adhering to performance standards and policies.
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Responsibilities
Understands and adheres to the WPH performance standards, policies, and behaviors
Laboratory testing personnel responsibilities include:
Following the laboratory’s pre-analytic and analytic procedures and maintaining records of these tests
Maintaining records that demonstrate that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens
Adhering to the laboratory’s quality assurance procedures, including documenting all:
Quality control activities including quality control testing and calibrations
Instrument and equipment verifications
Maintenance and preventative maintenance
Following the laboratory’s policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory’s established performance specifications
Identifying and documenting problems that may adversely affect test performance and notifying the supervisor, assistant director or director and documenting all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications
Ensures the accuracy and quality of all results from pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phases of testing
Notifies and documents clinicians and patient units of all critical values and maintains the laboratory STAT turn around time requirements
Participates in regulatory readiness for CAP, AABB, NYSDOH, and Joint Commission
Maintains 12 Continuing Education credits per year
Understands and participates in standard operating procedures, proficiency testing, inspection audits, quality program including reporting non-conformances
Evaluates test results for abnormalities and confirms those results per department protocols where required
Participates in validations, training, and competency assessments as required
Responsible for inventory management of lot numbers, expiration dates, labeling, and QC requirement
Completes all annual mandatory training, in-services, and ongoing education as required
Performs other duties as assigned
Section testing training and competency assessments are maintained by the section laboratory supervisor for all assigned disciplines
Understands and adheres to the WPH Performance Standards, Policies and Behaviors
Performs all other related duties as assigned
Performs embedding and sectioning of tissue blocks following section protocol as to biopsies, routine, etc
Evaluates routine stain daily (H&E), reviews for inconsistencies and confirms and/or corrects before releasing slides
Performs Special Stains and evaluates for inconsistencies and confirms and/or correct before releasing slides, Checks positive controls and documents on run log(s)
Performs Immunohistochemistries, and evaluates for inconsistencies and confirms and/or correct before releasing slides, Checks positive and negative controls and documents on run log(s)
Qualification
Required
Current NYS License as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist or NYS PA License required
Education in accordance with the NYS Office of Professions and CLIA requirements of testing personnel
NYS Clinical Laboratory Technician License or NYS histotechnician license required
Degree in Medical Technology or related science preferred with one year of relevant hospital experience in Histology
Preferred
Preferred with ASCP Certification
ASCP preferred
Company
White Plains Hospital
White Plains Hospital offers health diagnosis, health care and services.
1001-5000 employees
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