Supervisor, Histology

Responsibilities

• Supervise histotechs and floaters, which includes disciplinary actions when warranted;
• Schedule and maintain adequate coverage and effective utilization of personnel;
• Provide technical instructions and training of personnel in histology techniques, instrumentation and organization of work;
• Write and conduct employee competency assessments;
• Ensure that all employees follow established departmental policies and procedures;
• Maintain and trouble shoot equipment and instruments;
• Ensure proper record keeping of timesheets;
• Trouble shoot cases, slides/sections, and paperwork ensuring that tissue preparation and turnaround time meets the laboratory's requirements;
• Perform daily QC and QA;
• Provide backup for bench histotech's including cassette pickups, embedding, microtomy, staining, cover slipping, special stains (manual and automated), floating, and frozen section;
• Communicate effectively with management;
• Maintain inventory control.

Requirements

• Coordinate, direct and supervise histology staff and functions (50%);
• Organize and participate in daily lab functions (35%);
• Ensure compliance with policies and procedures and laboratory compliance with all Federal, State and other regulatory agencies (10%);
• Participate in department's QA/QI process (5%);
• Perform other related duties as assigned.