Lead Histology Assistant

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is looking for a dedicated Histology Assistant to join their team! This role will be Full Time Day Shift: Monday-Friday, Hours may vary

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.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversees and assists team members in assigned functional area, which may include but not limited to, ensuring team is meeting key-deliverables and quality standards, addressing and resolving challenges, managing and tracking performance, and assisting in time management and scheduling; escalates issues to senior leaders as needed.
• Performs routine and advanced procedures used in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
• Obtains and processes pathology specimens while maintaining positive specimen identification.
• Performs instrument maintenance/troubleshooting procedures and resolves or assists personnel in solving complex problems related to instrumentation and/or Laboratory procedures.
• Assists management in overseeing and directing work of technical personnel engaged in performing various routine and complex Laboratory functions in the gross room.
• Assists management in overseeing and directing work of Laboratory personnel, establishes work priorities and conducts daily surveillance/analysis of results for accuracy.
• Ensures accurate order entry of surgical and cytology cases in Laboratory Information Systems and clarifies confusing/incomplete orders.
• Performs required quality control and calibration procedures while verifying the accuracy of patient information and specimen acceptability.

Other duties as assigned.Additional Requirements:

• Work Scheduled: Full Time Day Shift: Monday-Friday, Hours may vary
• Education: High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• Years of Experience: 3 years of Histology experience

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