Lead Clinical Lab Technologist – Hematology

Location: Near Tarrytown, NY
Schedule: Day Shift | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Flexible) | Rotating Weekends (Every Third Weekend)
Employment Type: Full-Time

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Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Lead Clinical Laboratory Technologist – Hematology to join a high-volume, hospital-based clinical laboratory within a leading academic medical center.

The ideal candidate will possess extensive hands-on experience in clinical hematology, strong technical expertise, and demonstrated leadership abilities. This position is responsible for overseeing daily hematology laboratory operations, providing technical guidance to laboratory personnel, ensuring accurate and timely diagnostic testing, and maintaining compliance with established quality and regulatory standards.

The Lead Technologist will work closely with laboratory supervisors, management, pathologists, and clinical staff to support efficient laboratory workflow, troubleshoot complex technical issues, and maintain the highest standards of patient care.

This role requires an individual who can balance hands-on hematology testing with leadership responsibilities, particularly in a fast-paced hospital laboratory serving inpatient, outpatient, emergency department, and critical care populations.

Key Responsibilities

Laboratory Operations & Technical Responsibilities

• Perform and oversee routine and complex hematology testing, ensuring accurate, reliable, and timely reporting of patient results.

• Conduct complete blood counts (CBCs), white blood cell differentials, platelet counts, reticulocyte counts, and other hematologic studies.

• Perform manual differentials, peripheral blood smear reviews, and microscopic evaluations to identify abnormal blood cell morphology.

• Review and evaluate abnormal hematology results, analyzer flags, critical values, and clinically significant findings.

• Recognize hematologic abnormalities, including anemia, leukocytosis, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, immature cells, blasts, and atypical blood cell populations.

• Operate, calibrate, maintain, and troubleshoot automated hematology analyzers and related laboratory instrumentation.

• Oversee instrument performance, preventative maintenance, calibration, and technical troubleshooting to minimize workflow interruptions.

• Ensure timely processing and analysis of STAT and routine specimens from inpatient units, emergency departments, critical care areas, and outpatient services.

• Validate and report laboratory results through the laboratory information system (LIS).

• Communicate critical laboratory findings promptly to physicians, nurses, pathologists, and other healthcare professionals.

Leadership & Staff Coordination

• Serve as the primary technical resource and lead for hematology laboratory personnel during assigned shifts.

• Provide daily guidance, technical support, and direction to Clinical Laboratory Technologists and other laboratory staff.

• Coordinate daily workflow, prioritize testing assignments, and assist with staff coverage to maintain efficient laboratory operations.

• Train, mentor, and support new and existing laboratory personnel on hematology testing procedures, instrumentation, and quality standards.

• Assist with staff competency assessments, technical training, and ongoing professional development.

• Monitor laboratory productivity, turnaround times, and testing accuracy to ensure departmental performance standards are maintained.

• Identify workflow inefficiencies and recommend process improvements to enhance laboratory operations.

• Assist laboratory supervisors and management with implementing new procedures, instrumentation, and operational initiatives.

• Act as a liaison between laboratory personnel, supervisors, pathologists, and other clinical departments.

• Provide leadership and technical support during staffing shortages, high specimen volumes, and unexpected laboratory challenges.

Quality Assurance & Regulatory Compliance

• Oversee daily quality control procedures and ensure compliance with laboratory quality assurance standards.

• Review quality control data, investigate discrepancies, and implement corrective actions when necessary.

• Assist with instrument validations, method comparisons, proficiency testing, and laboratory procedure updates.

• Ensure compliance with CLIA, CAP, OSHA, and applicable New York State Department of Health regulations.

• Maintain accurate documentation of quality control, equipment maintenance, corrective actions, and laboratory testing procedures.

• Support laboratory inspections, accreditation activities, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.

• Participate in reviewing and updating standard operating procedures (SOPs) to maintain testing accuracy and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Medical Laboratory Science, Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Technology, or a related laboratory science field.

• Current New York State Clinical Laboratory Technologist license required.

• ASCP certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) or Medical Technologist (MT) preferred.

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on clinical hematology laboratory experience preferred, ideally within a hospital-based or high-volume clinical laboratory.

• Previous lead technologist, senior technologist, or demonstrated laboratory leadership experience strongly preferred.

• Extensive knowledge of automated and manual hematology testing, including CBCs, differentials, reticulocyte counts, and peripheral blood smear analysis.

• Strong proficiency in blood cell morphology identification, manual differentials, and evaluation of abnormal hematologic findings.

• Experience operating, maintaining, calibrating, and troubleshooting automated hematology analyzers.

• Demonstrated ability to investigate complex laboratory discrepancies, analyzer flags, and critical test results.

• Experience with laboratory quality control, quality assurance, proficiency testing, and regulatory compliance.

• Ability to coordinate laboratory workflow, prioritize STAT testing, and support staff during high-volume testing periods.

• Strong leadership, mentoring, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with laboratory personnel and clinical teams.

• Familiarity with laboratory information systems (LIS) and electronic result reporting.

• Ability to work independently, make sound technical decisions, and maintain accuracy under pressure.

• Must be available to work day shifts, approximately 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (flexible scheduling), with rotating weekend coverage every third weekend.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience serving as a Lead or Senior Clinical Laboratory Technologist in a large hospital or academic medical center.

• Previous experience coordinating daily laboratory operations, staff assignments, and workflow management.

• Experience training laboratory personnel and conducting technical competency assessments.

• Familiarity with advanced hematology instrumentation, automated slide preparation, and digital cell morphology systems.

• Experience with instrument validation, method verification, quality improvement projects, and laboratory inspections.

• Strong understanding of CAP, CLIA, and New York State laboratory regulatory requirements.

• Experience supporting emergency departments, intensive care units, and other high-acuity clinical services.

• Demonstrated ability to lead laboratory teams while remaining actively involved in hands-on testing.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a highly experienced Clinical Laboratory Technologist with a strong hematology background and demonstrated leadership capabilities in a hospital-based main laboratory setting.

This individual should possess advanced technical expertise in automated hematology testing, manual differentials, peripheral blood smear analysis, and abnormal cell morphology identification.

The successful candidate will be comfortable serving as a technical resource for laboratory personnel, coordinating daily workflow, troubleshooting complex instrumentation issues, and supporting quality assurance initiatives.