About Us
Inform Diagnostics, a Fulgent Genetics Company, is a nationally recognized diagnostics laboratory focused on anatomic pathology subspecialties including gastrointestinal pathology, dermatopathology, urologic pathology, hematopathology, and breast pathology.
Founded in 2011, our parent entity, Fulgent Genetics, has evolved into a premier, full-service genomic testing company built around a foundational technology platform.
Through our diverse testing menu, Fulgent is focused on transforming patient care in oncology, anatomic pathology, infectious and rare diseases, and reproductive health. We believe that by providing a wide range of effective, flexible testing options in conjunction with best-in-class service and support, we can redefine the way medicine is managed for patients and clinicians alike.
Since integrating with our therapeutic development business, Fulgent is also developing drug candidates for treating a broad range of cancers using a novel nanoencapsulation and targeted therapy platform. By merging our fields of expertise, we aim to become a fully integrated precision medicine company.
Summary of Position
Lead IHC Techs perform routine histology and IHC while maintaining workflows and troubleshooting within all areas of the department. The position is responsible for embedding, cutting, processing, H&E staining, and cover slipping, maintaining the workflow of the cutting room, and assisting with workflow on IHC staining platforms. Duties in the IHC department include maintaining log books, cutting control tissue for IHC, and shadowing on antibody titration production. Participating in continuing education/in-service training sessions, sponsored by the department, and continuous growth by preparing for the QIHC certification exam is required. Responsibilities also include coordinating the workflow in both IHC and histology, ensuring all cases are distributed to the pathologists in a timely fashion while displaying only the highest quality in workmanship. The Lead functions not only as a work leader, but also provides operational support, trains staff, and conducts audits on work quality.
Key Job Elements
- Maintains diagnostic viability of all specimens and ensures correct patient labeling. Cuts, prepares, and stains slides from histology specimens. Correctly prepares special stains and solutions. Routinely checks and verifies that surgical case numbers match blocks and slides; prints labels as appropriate.
- Maintains workflow and distribution for IHC cases.
- Operates and ensures proper functioning of selected histology instruments and equipment. May calibrate selected histology instruments to ensure accuracy of results. Performs minor troubleshooting and routing maintenance. Reports service issues to Technical Supervisor.
- Acts as a general resource on technical, procedural, and policy questions. Keeps team informed of new processes and general updates.
- Prepares and maintains working solutions for routine H&E staining on automatic stainers. Prepares and maintains working solutions of special stains, including maintaining acceptable working volumes.
- Handles, prepares, and uploads stainers; conducts dehydrating and coverslip slides utilizing manual or automatic systems.
- Prepares, cleans, sterilizes, maintains, and shuts down laboratory equipment & accessories, and instruments used in research experiments, daily and weekly as required.
- Follows the laboratory procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting and maintaining records of patient test results.
- Performs and documents proficiency testing (PT) samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens.
- Adheres to the laboratory’s quality control policies, documents all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed.
- Follows the laboratory’s established policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory’s established acceptable level of performance.
- Demonstrates capability of identifying problems that may adversely affect test performance, or exporting of test results, resolving according to standard protocol or if necessary referring to the General Supervisor, technical Supervisor, or Laboratory Director.
- Documents all corrective action taken when a test system deviates from the laboratory’s established performance specifications.
- Reports all concerns of test quality and/or patient safety to a Supervisor or Safety Officer.
- Provides operational support, training staff, and conducting audits on work quality.
- Researches, verifies, corrects, and communicates Internal and External discrepancy cases using complex reasoning ability, established protocols, and the appropriate documentation.
- Assists with the tracking, accumulation, and computation of performance metrics.
- Demonstrates the ability to accurately prioritize and triage specimens, handles and disposes of specimens and chemical waste based on the laboratory’s procedural manual, and ensures compliance with regulatory agencies.
- Ensures compliance with all local, federal, CLIA, and CAP regulations.
- Performs Quality Control and Quality Assurance on all phases of work production as required. Maintains all necessary documentation and current logs.
- Reports all concerns of test quality and/or patient or employee safety to a Supervisor or Safety Officer.
