Histotechnologist Lead
Fairfax, VA, United States

Job Identification: 684821
Posting Date: 06/24/2026, 04:00 AM
Job Schedule: Full time
Locations: Inova Juniper St (On-site) (On-site)

Job Description:
Histotechnologist Lead

Inova Central Lab is looking for a dedicated Histotechnologist Lead to join their team! This role is full-time day shift Mon-Fri, 6am-2:30pm

Inova is consistently ranked as a 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 more.

Histotechnologist Lead Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for evaluating and solving problems related to the collection and processing of surgical specimens for analysis.
  
• Processes, prepares, and stains Cytology specimens to enable the pathologist to render a diagnosis.
  
• Develops, tests, implements, evaluates, and selects new techniques, procedures, instruments and methods in terms of their usefulness and practicality as they relate to the laboratory's personnel, equipment, space and budgetary resources.
  
• Performs quality control and identifying quality improvement initiatives to ensure optimum laboratory operation.
  
• Utilizes a microtome to section paraffin blocks and consistently produce high quality slides for routine, special staining and immunohistochemically induced procedures.
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: 60 semester hours or equivalent from an accredited institution that, at a minimum, includes either 24 semester hours of medical laboratory technology courses or 24 semester hours of science courses that include six semester hours of chemistry, six semester hours of biology and 12 semester hours of chemistry, biology or medical laboratory technology in any combination.
  
• Years of Experience: 4 years with combined bench, lead and management experience. 1 year of management experience
  
• Certifications: Histotechnician (HT), Or Histotechnologist (HTL ASCP) certification
  
  

About Us:
We are Inova, Northern Virginia's leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better - to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.


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