Scripps Health Administrative Services supports our five hospitals and 19 outpatient facilities, which treat half a million patients annually through 2,600 affiliated physicians.

At Scripps Health, you will experience the pride, support, respect that has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s Top 100 Places to Work.

You’ll be surrounded by people committed to making a difference in the lives of their patients and their teammates. So if you’re open to change, go ahead and unlock your potential.

As a nationally recognized health system, Scripps Health is committed to providing the highest quality care to our patients. Through collaboration and innovation, our healthcare professionals lead the frontier in caring for our community. With a culture centered around teamwork, each laboratory site serves as a resource of support for each other, setting our laboratories as the benchmark for standardization. Our cytology team is key in evaluating patient samples to determine next steps in treatment and care.

The Cytology Prep Tech position duties include:

• Working in immediate contact with physicians, during fast paced invasive procedures, carrying to completion a multistep process that results in a microscopic slide for the purpose of rapid on-site evaluation of various cancerous and other neoplastic lesions by a pathologist.
• Routine accessioning of cytology and anatomic pathology specimens, processing and staining of all Gyn and Non-Gyn cytology specimens, assisting in bone marrow collection, assisting physicians within room procedures, and archiving completed cytology cases.
• Instrument maintenance, preparation of stain reagents, communication with laboratory customers and other duties as needed.

This is a Full Time (80 hours every two weeks) benefited position, working 8-hour day shifts (start time between 6:30am and 11am) on Monday through Friday.

Required Education/Experience/Specialized Skills:

• Critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Proven laboratory skills handling specimens, reagents and instruments.
• High accuracy in work performance and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and strong verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with medical terminology, with an understanding of computer systems.
• Excellent skills in verbal communication, organization, patient/specimen identification, written documentation, and specimen manipulation during invasive procedures is required.
• Non-Gyn processing requires a 1 year minimum of specialized on the job training to reach full competency, performing analytical standard work enhancing specimen quality, to ensure accurate physician diagnosis
• One (1) year of related lab experience, preferably in a large complex healthcare organization.
• Graduation from college with a major in an applicable natural science; or two (2) years of college courses in the natural sciences plus two (2) years of applicable experience; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant lab experience.

Preferred Education/Experience/Specialized Skills/Certification:

• Cytology experience.
• Histology experience.
• Pathology or clinical lab experience.
• Reference lab specimen send out experience.
• Bio-hazardous material shipping experience.

Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.