Do you have a passion for the highest clinical quality and patient happiness? Would you like to use your clinical competencies with an organization known nationally for excellence in cancer treatment, research, and education? We would be happy to hear from you! Please consider the following exciting opportunity with one of the most outstanding and dynamic places to work in the medical field as your next career move.

What will you be doing in this role?

The Cytotechnologist Team Leader provides leadership within Pathology Cytology. In this capacity, the Team Leader is responsible for maintaining daily staffing and scheduling; coaching; orientation of new staff; troubleshooting and problem-solving customer complaints; staff development; and assistance in monitoring and evaluating performance by providing input to the manager, participating in communication of evaluations and corrective actions. May perform the job duties of the laboratory constituency for whom the Team Leader provides direction. Performs all job duties with sensitivity and attention to the patient population(s) served.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in daily operations, by providing support in the assignment of work, orientation, coaching, and training.
• Contributes input into staff performance and competency evaluation, discipline, hiring, and termination of employment.
• Participates in developing business and operational plans and the evaluation and introduction of new procedures and instruments; writes and revises technical procedures.
• Assists in the oversight of the delivery of division services and quality assurance program to ensure accurate and valid outcomes as well as compliance with state and federal laws and regulatory agency standards.
• Provides for the appropriate educational experience of laboratory inters/residents assigned to the division.
• Performs routine and complex laboratory tests or procedures using approved SOPs and protocols.
• Uses established quality assurance SOPs to ensure proper functioning of instruments and analytical procedures; records control data and instrument maintenance functions.
• Reviews and ensures reliability of results based on quality control and assurance mechanisms; takes corrective action as necessary.
• Recognizes problems in test methodology, quality control and instrument function and initiates problem-solving activities and corrective action procedures.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED.
• Bachelor's Degree is preferred. 
• Five (5) years of experience in cytotechnology which includes the year of cytotechnology training. 
• A valid California Cytotechnology license issued by the California Department of Public Health.