Provides technically sound, accurate, patient focused testing by providing leadership and assisting staff in: prioritizing of “rush” and routine samples; verification of specimen identification; ensuring appropriateness of sample for requested testing; ensuring quality and quantity of sample; ensuring correct and appropriate accessioning, testing or allocating is performed; documenting appropriate steps taken to resolve mislabeled/unlabeled or inappropriate samples; investigating, documenting and resolving aberrant or inconsistent test results; proper CoPath data entry; ensuring that rush cases and call backs are performed and documented appropriately; maintaining reagent and supply inventories, ensuring, through assignments or delegation, that work is completed and/or accounted for. Shows initiative in realizing efficient operations by: accepting, volunteering or assigning duties to ensure efficient operations; adjusting daily schedule as necessary to meet fluctuations in human resources; suggesting and developing new ideas, which result in enhanced operations; acting as a resource for the section; assuming general technical responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the section in the absence of the cytology supervisor.