Histology Laboratory Technician

Histology Laboratory Technician at Exact Sciences summary:

The Histology Laboratory Technician supports daily operations in a high-throughput histology lab environment by processing patient samples, maintaining equipment and inventory, and assisting in quality assurance activities. They also help coordinate tasks within the technician team, provide training, and ensure compliance with laboratory standards and procedures. This role requires strong attention to detail, communication skills, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced medical laboratory setting.

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Position Overview

The Laboratory Technician, Histology will support the daily operations of the histology laboratory and may assist in a lead capacity to coordinate tasks, divide workload, manage projects, and review documents. This role will demonstrate the skills and competency to work in a high throughput production environment, the ability to assist laboratory personnel in patient sample processing and all other support functions, the initiative to contribute to laboratory projects, and to address laboratory needs and issues.

Shift:

Monday-Friday, 7:00am-3:30pm

Essential Duties

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Maintain stringent standards for quality to identify any issues that might adversely impact the quality of test results and/or employee safety.
• Communicate issues to the appropriate management representatives to ensure prompt resolution, as needed.
• Complete training in general lab duties and attend laboratory meetings and/or continuing education opportunities.
• Provide guidance and constructive feedback for new lab employees.
• Provide peer review feedback for evaluations.
• Assist in the general upkeep of the laboratory; including, but not limited to, maintain sufficient inventory of material, supplies, and equipment, and cleaning glassware, racks, and other laboratory supplies.
• Manage and organize inventory of slides, tubes, blocks, and sample inventory.
• Respond to temperature alerts and generate reports using the wireless temperature monitoring system.
• Ensure on-time calibration of laboratory equipment.
• Document and maintain all records for equipment and instruments.
• Assist with the organization and maintenance of personnel and training documents.
• Perform quality assurance activities, to include internal audits, and inspection preparation.
• Assist in batching samples, label printing, and verification of specimen labeling.
• Assist in research, development, and validation studies, as needed.
• Support in monitoring the histology queue for various tasks that need to be performed and performing these tasks with supervision.
• Use laboratory information management system (LIMS) to track requisition and specimen status and ensure prompt turnaround time of specimens.
• Set up laboratory equipment and perform equipment maintenance independently and according to the laboratory’s standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Support the training of laboratory assistants/technicians on current and new procedures.
• Interact with the customer service team by phone, fax, or e-mail to obtain required information and documentation.
• Review SOPs and provide input for improvements.
• Participate in projects under the supervision of leadership, while maintaining quality and efficient workflow of daily duties.
• Assist with automated procedures according to the laboratory's stand operating procedures (SOPs).
• Lead the laboratory technician team to coordinate tasks and divide workload, as needed.
• Ability to learn and follow written procedures.
• Ability to integrate and apply feedback in a professional manner.
• Ability to prioritize and drive assignments to completion with a high emphasis on quality.
• Ability to identify process improvement opportunities.
• Apply strong attention to detail.
• Ability…