Histotechnologist Lead
San Francisco, CAFull-time$62.21–87.09/hrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Histotechnologist Lead serves as a subject matter expert in assigned laboratory areas, performing histology pre-analytic and post-analytic procedures on biological specimens. The role coordinates daily laboratory operations and coworker activities to maintain workflow, including scheduling, assigning and prioritizing work, arranging coverage, troubleshooting, and managing customer inquiries. It requires a high school diploma or GED and four years of recent relevant experience.
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Full job description
We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health!
Organization:
CPMC-California Pacific Med Center Davies
Position Overview:
Integrates advanced knowledge, theory and practice to serve as a subject matter expert in assigned areas of the laboratory. With advanced training and education, maintains competence in all histology practices to perform pre-analytic and post-analytic procedures on biological specimens to aid health care providers in the diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and prevention of disease. Participates in, and coordinates all aspects of, the daily operation of the assigned laboratory areas. Monitors, assesses, organizes and coordinates the daily activities of co-workers to ensure a smooth and continuous workflow overall, or within an assigned area. Duties routinely include staff scheduling, arranging coverage for staff absences, assigning work, prioritizing work, directing problem-solving and trouble-shooting, ensuring shift-to-shift continuity, and managing customer complaints or inquiries.
Job Description :
EDUCATION:
- HS Diploma: High School Diploma or General Education (GED)
TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:
- 4 years recent relevant experience
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
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Knowledge/Skills: Demonstrated subject matter expertise and superior technical competence in specimen collection and processing, laboratory operations, and quality assurance in histology.
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Quantity of Work: Ability to organize and prioritize job duties and assigned tasks for self and team to insure completion within expected time-frames.
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Quality of Work: Ability to lead team to accurately, precisely, and reliably perform job duties and assigned tasks. Demonstrates sound judgment and problem solving relevant to own and team's assigned duties.
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Culturally Competent Communication: Ability to compassionately and effectively interact individuals and groups of diverse ages, backgrounds, values, beliefs and behaviors.
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Workflow Management: Ability to coordinate team's efforts to appropriately respond to fluctuations in volume, unexpected situations or problems such as equipment or information system failures, shift-to-shift hand-offs, priority test orders, and specimen integrity issues.
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Adherence to Practices & Procedures: Ability to direct team to follow standard practices, processes, and procedures in sequence. Knowledge of applicable local/state/federal regulations, codes, policies, and procedures aimed at ensuring the privacy and safety of patients.
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Mentoring/Developing: Ability to train; provide constructive feedback and recognition to; mentor and coach peers, reinforcing Sutter's values and focusing team's efforts on providing safe, reliable care.
Job Shift:
Days
Schedule:
Full Time
Shift Hours:
8
Days of the Week:
Monday - Friday
Weekend Requirements:
As Needed
Benefits:
Yes
Unions:
No
Position Status:
Non-Exempt
Weekly Hours:
40
Employee Status:
Regular
Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Pay Range is $62.21 to $87.09 / hour
The compensation range may vary based on the geographic location where the position is filled. Total compensation considers multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.
How this job compares
Set against the 483 open Laboratory Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$62.21–87.09/hr
- US median$20–24/hr142 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $74.65/hr, is 239% above the US median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the top quarter of Laboratory Operations hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 33 open Laboratory Operations jobs in California and 483 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- BillionToOne4 open
- Kaiser Permanente4 open
- Sutter Health (this employer)3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Laboratory Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (319 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 309 of the 483 open Laboratory Operations jobs (64%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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