Cytogenetics Technologist

About the role

Position Summary: We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Cytogenetics Technologist. In this role, the successful candidate under minimal supervision, performs complex clinical laboratory tests on specimens for cytogenetic /FISH testing. Handles high volume of work with appropriate speed and assists less experienced co-workers. Is able to detect subtle abnormalities.

NYU Langone Health is a fully integrated health system that consistently achieves the best patient outcomes through a rigorous focus on quality that has resulted in some of the lowest mortality rates in the nation. For the fourth consecutive year, Vizient Inc. ranked NYU Langone No. 1 for quality care in the nation and U.S. News & World Report recently placed 12 of its clinical specialties among the top 10 in the nation. NYU Langone offers a comprehensive range of medical services with one high standard of care across 6 inpatient locations, its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and over 320 outpatient locations in the New York area and Florida. With $14.2 billion in revenue this year, the system also includes two tuition-free medical schools, in Manhattan and on Long Island, and a vast research enterprise with over $1 billion in active awards from the National Institutes of Health.

Responsibilities

• Specimen set up, accessioning: performs complex clinical laboratory tests on specimens for cytogenetic diagnosis; handles high volume of work with appropriate speed; assists less experienced co-workers; detects subtle abnormalities; sets up specimens according to laboratory protocols; checks referrals for appropriateness and completeness; informs appropriate individual if specimen not adequate, unusable, referral form incomplete, etc.; sets up special studies according to laboratory protocol.
• Harvesting and slide preparation: harvests specimens and prepares slides for G-band metaphase analysis and/or FISH; harvests at appropriate time according to laboratory protocols; obtains slides for analysis with adequate number of good quality mitotic cells; obtains slides for FISH analysis with adequate number of good quality interphase and/or metaphase cells.
• Staining and microscopic analysis: stains slides and performs microscopic analysis; performs special staining protocols and special banding analyses according to laboratory protocols; staining results in well banded material for analysis; G band level consistently of resolution adequate for clinical diagnosis; performs analysis accurately and demonstrates ability to detect subtle abnormalities from the microscope; records documentation of analysis clearly and neatly; demonstrates ability to handle high volume of cases with appropriate speed.
• Imaging: images cells to be karyotyped; selects good quality cells to image; able to use scanners; good working knowledge of imaging system.
• Karyotyping: performs karyotyping and prepares cases for sign-out; completes karyotyping with speed; completes karyotyping accurately and neatly; able to detect subtle abnormalities.
• FISH: performs hybridization and analysis; prepares slides for interphase and/or metaphase FISH studies; performs hybridizations following laboratory protocols; analyzes FISH cases with accuracy for both interphase and metaphase cells; shows understanding of various probes and their diagnostic significance; selects and captures adequate