Job Description

Inova Central Laboratory is looking for a dedicated Histotechnologist Lead to join their team! This role will be Full-Time Night Shift: Monday-Friday,12am-8:30am

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Histotechnologist Lead Job Responsibilities:

• Evaluates, assesses and adapts procedures to handle problems in frozen section technique to ensure timely and consistent preparations suitable for rapid diagnosis or immunofluorescence procedures.
• Assists with FNA, bone marrow specimen collection and slide preparation.
• Evaluates, correlates, and ensures accuracy/validity of laboratory information.
• Tests and validates tissue to be used as positive control for special procedures.
• Determines the correct mold size for the specimen being embedded while accurately identifying/orienting the specimen.
• Develops user friendly instructional material/guidelines to train existing and new personnel. Implements budgetary measures and cost effectiveness in laboratory operations.
• Participates in the introduction, investigation and implementation of new procedures and the evaluation of new instruments to improve laboratory efficiency.
• Processes specimens in appropriate fixatives or decalcification agents such as molecular biology procedures according to established procedures.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education AS or BS degree from a regionally accredited college/university, with 24 science credits that include a combination of 12 semester hours of biology and chemistry (in any combination).

Experience: 4 years with combined bench and/or 1 year of histology lead/management experience.

Certification: Histotechnologist (HTL ASCP) or Histotechnician (HT) upon start

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.