Laboratory Technical Specialist

Inova Schar Cancer Institution is looking for a dedicated Laboratory Technical Specialist! This role will be Full Time, Shifts vary: Monday-Friday, Every Other Weekend

Inova is consistently ranked as 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.

Laboratory Technical Specialist Job Responsibilities:

• Training new staff, and competency assessment.
• Follows standard protocol for patient/donor identification and specimen/blood product labeling including final verification.
• Prepares and distributes specimens to departments according to specimen requirement and priority delivery.
• Documents, per facility process, when a specimen does not meet acceptable criteria for result reporting.
• Uses department resources efficiently during instrument operations. Avoids urgent supply requests and inventory loss due to expiration; Properly receives and stores supplies.
• Actively ensures quality assurance in the department by performing required quality control procedures including corrective action and documentation for all procedures/instrumentation.
• Leads and/or actively participates in quality improvement projects by enhancing team and departmental development; Provides constructive feedback and positive reinforcement to coworkers.
• Serves as a Laboratory CAP/AABB on site inspector. Participates and helps prepare Laboratory for self and on-site inspections; Participates in Laboratory clinical practice teams, Inova Health System committees and hospital teams.
• Acts as a resource person/ key operator for coworkers, customers and patients for technical questions; Demonstrates an expanded knowledge of technical and administrative tasks beyond normal technical operations.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in science from a college/university recognized by regional or national accreditation agency. 
• Experience: 3 years of experience in an accredited laboratory under the supervision of a pathologist certified by the American Board of Pathology
  • Preferred experience: Previous experience performing, implementing, and troubleshooting culture and molecular (qualitative and quantitative) based infectious disease testing.
• Certification: ASCP Certification consistent with the scope of responsibility (MLS/MT,MLT, HT, HTL, BB, C, H, M, CT) or American Medical Technologists (AMT) or Laboratory Technologist Certification (HEW).

Preferred Requirements: 

• Instructional experience preferred