Location:
Geisinger Medical Center (GMC)
Shift:
Days (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Worker Type:
Regular
Exemption Status:
No
Job Summary:
Join our team at Geisinger Medical Laboratories. You can find your passion for caring and innovation as a team member in our state-of-the-art laboratories. Our mission is to provide exceptional patient care through innovative, efficient, and high-quality laboratory services.
Job Duties:
Processes and prepares tissue specimens for examination. Serves as a technical expert and works in collaboration with the Pathologist Assistant Surgical Pathology Team Leader.
- Meets the qualifications and performance requirements of the Surgical Pathology Technologist position.
- Troubleshoots and resolves technical problems.
- Works in collaboration with the Pathologist Assistant and Surgical Pathology Team Leader in making operational decisions to support the needs of the Surgical Pathology Team.
- Assists the Pathologist Assistant and Surgical Pathology Team Leader in the evaluation and validation of new products, assays and instrumentation.
- Serves as a key operator for all instrumentation within the technical area.
- Assists the Pathologist Assistant and Surgical Pathology Team Leader in implementation of new testing and new methods and procedure writing.
- Assists the Pathologist Assistant and Surgical Pathology Team Leader with annual procedure manual review and revision.
- Participation in completion of assigned initial and subsequent competency assessment examinations required and maintains working knowledge of applicable laboratory informatin system programs and system changes.
- Ensures that competency, proficiency testing, quality control and maintenance are completed and reviewed, in conjunction with the Pathologist Assistant and Surgical Pathology Team Leader.
- Assists the Pathologist Assistant and Surgical Pathology Team Leader with inventory management.
- Participates in the training of employees.
Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.
Position Details:
Education and Other Details
- An earned associate degree in a chemical or biological science or medical laboratory technology, obtained from an accredited institution, OR
- Education/training equivalent to the above that includes the following:
- 60 semester hours or equivalent from an accredited institution. This education must include 24 semester hours of medical laboratory technology courses, OR 24 semester hours of science courses that includes six semester hours of chemistry, six semester hours of biology, and 12 semester hours of chemistry, biology or medical laboratory technology in any combination, AND ● Laboratory training including either completion of a clinical laboratory training program approved or accredited by the ABHES, NAACLS, or other organization approved by HHS (note that this training may be included in the 60 semester hours listed above), OR at least three months of recorded laboratory training in each specialty in which the individual performs high complexity testing.
Full time
Geisinger Medical Center
Days
Associate's degree
4 years of experience
Benefit Highlights:
- Full benefits (health, dental and vision) starting on day one
- Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents
- Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) and a health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution
- Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions
- Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly
- Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year
- MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive
- Family-friendly support including adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, military leave pay and a free Care.com membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare, eldercare, & pet care; Access free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, digital self-help tools and more
- Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft protection, universal life and pet and legal insurance
Education:
Associate's Degree-Related Field of Study (Preferred)
Experience:
Minimum of 4 years-Laboratory (Required)
Certification(s) and License(s):
Skills:
Communication, Computer Literacy, Laboratory Equipment Operation, Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), Laboratory Services, Laboratory Supply And Inventory Management
OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.
- KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
- EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
- LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
- INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
- SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.
We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.