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.
Provides day-to-day technical supervision of testing personnel ensuring the proper performance of all laboratory procedures and report of test results. Promotes standardization through collaboration and coordination within a specialty.
Performs technical duties and provides technical knowledge and support to staff and clients within a department of responsibility.
Analyzes technical problems and resolves in accordance with established laboratory policies.
Reviews test results, quality control records, proficiency testing results and preventative maintenance records.
Ensures that remedial actions are taken whenever test systems and Quality Assurance deviate from established performance specifications.
Collaborates the planning of capital purchases and leases with the appropriate section Doctoral Director and Operations Director.
Participates with the Director and other system colleagues in the development of new testing, validation and evaluation of new equipment, reagents, instrumentation and technologies.
Maintains a working knowledge of applicable regulatory standards and ensures that compliance of standards is maintained.
Participates in the analysis of cost for materials and negotiation of contracts to obtain favorable prices.
Responsible for section purchasing, receiving, and inventory management to reduce costs.
Accepts responsibility for effective cost accounting and cost management.
Maintains adequate supply inventory.
Participates in and coordinates the development of policy and procedure manuals with doctoral director and system colleagues.
Assures timely and regular review of procedure manuals.
Provides orientation to all new employees and identifies training needs and ensures that employees receive appropriate in-service training and education for their job responsibilities.
Continually evaluates monitors and documents the performance of competency of each employee.
Participates in annual performance appraisals.
Collaborates with their specialty specific colleagues at other lab locations to assure standardization system-wide.
Member of the Best Practice Committee for their area of responsibility.
Encourages and engages in a service-oriented behavior designed to support and meet the needs of our various clients.
Provides timely consultations and takes prompt action to correct problems and issues.
Participates in educational and training activities to acquire new skills and maintain current proficiency.
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.
Graduation from specialty training program is acceptable in lieu of bachelor’s degree for employees hired into histotechnologist analytical specialist position.
Blood Bank Experience is preferred
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
Bachelor's Degree- (Required), Bachelor's Degree-Medical Technology (Preferred)
Minimum of 5 years-Laboratory (Required)
Laboratory Services; Laboratory Information Systems (LIS); Laboratory Equipment Operation; Computer Literacy; Communication; Laboratory Supply And Inventory Management
Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org (opens in new window) or connect with us on Facebook (opens in new window), Instagram (opens in new window), LinkedIn (opens in new window) and Twitter (opens in new window).
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Everything we do is about making better health easier 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 prescription coverage.
