See What Others Cannot and Help Turn Cellular Detail Into Clinical Answers

Some laboratory careers happen behind the scenes, but their impact reaches directly into some of the most consequential decisions in patient care.

This full-time Cytotechnologist opportunity in Upstate New York is designed for a laboratory professional who understands that a microscopic cellular change can become the first signal of something much larger. Working within a hospital-based Pathology and Cytology Laboratory, you will examine gynecologic and non-gynecologic specimens, evaluate fine needle aspiration material, support specimen adequacy procedures, and provide the careful cellular analysis physicians rely upon when determining what comes next for a patient.

The position offers the stability of a full-time day shift while maintaining the clinical variety that makes cytotechnology intellectually demanding. Your work will extend beyond routine slide screening into procedural environments such as Interventional Radiology, Endoscopy, and the operating room.

For a Cytotechnologist who values precision, independent judgment, laboratory quality, and meaningful collaboration with pathology and clinical teams, this is an opportunity to apply highly specialized expertise where it has a direct impact on diagnosis and patient care.

A current New York State license is mandatory for this position.

Overview

As a Cytotechnologist, you will perform microscopic evaluation and reporting of GYN and Non-GYN cytology specimens, including fine needle aspiration (FNA) cases. You will help identify cellular abnormalities and provide accurate, timely findings within established laboratory protocols and regulatory standards.

The role combines traditional cytologic screening with hands-on clinical support. You may assist with specimen collection and adequacy assessment during procedures, participate in cytopreparatory activities when needed, and maintain the documentation necessary to support a highly regulated clinical laboratory.

Accuracy matters at every stage, from specimen preparation and microscopic examination to screening logs and final documentation.

This opportunity is particularly well suited to a Cytotechnologist who enjoys the investigative nature of cytopathology, but also values interaction with physicians, procedural teams, laboratory colleagues, and other healthcare professionals.

What You'll Do

Your responsibilities will include:

• Screen and evaluate gynecologic (GYN) cytology specimens for cellular abnormalities.
• Perform microscopic evaluation of Non-GYN cytology cases.
• Screen and support reporting of fine needle aspiration (FNA) specimens.
• Assist with cytology specimen collection and adequacy assessment in procedural areas.
• Provide cytology support in settings that may include Interventional Radiology, Endoscopy, and the operating room.
• Perform cytopreparatory duties as operational needs require.
• Apply established laboratory procedures and cytologic criteria consistently and accurately.
• Maintain required screening logs, workload records, and supporting documentation.
• Follow applicable laboratory quality-control and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in proficiency testing and maintain applicable professional and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with pathologists, laboratory professionals, physicians, nurses, and procedural teams.
• Help ensure specimens are appropriately handled, processed, documented, and available for diagnostic interpretation.
• Maintain the accuracy, organization, and attention to detail expected within a modern anatomic pathology laboratory.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Educational preparation must satisfy applicable requirements for professional practice as a Cytotechnologist in New York State.

Licensure & Certification

New York State licensure is mandatory.

Candidates must possess the appropriate current New York State license required to practice in cytotechnology. Candidates who cannot meet the New York State licensure requirement cannot be considered for this position.

The role also requires applicable New York State registration and successful completion of required CMS proficiency testing.

Professional certification through a nationally recognized certifying organization, such as the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), or other qualifying credential consistent with the position's regulatory requirements, is expected.

Experience

• 1 to 2 years of Cytotechnologist experience preferred.
• Experience screening GYN and Non-GYN specimens is particularly relevant.
• Experience with FNA specimens, specimen adequacy assessment, or procedural cytology support is advantageous.

Clinical Skills That Will Help You Succeed

Strong candidates will bring a combination of technical expertise and disciplined laboratory judgment, including:

• Cytotechnology and cytopathology knowledge
• Microscopic cellular evaluation
• GYN cytology
• Non-GYN cytology
• Fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology
• Specimen adequacy assessment
• Cytology specimen preparation
• Anatomic pathology laboratory experience
• Laboratory documentation and quality standards
• Effective communication with pathologists and multidisciplinary clinical teams

Because cytologic interpretation depends on consistency and close attention to subtle cellular findings, this position requires exceptional concentration, organization, and commitment to diagnostic quality.

Compensation & Career Value

Compensation: $78,211 to $112,591 annually

This range is the annualized equivalent of the supplied $37.60 to $54.13 hourly range, calculated at 2,080 hours per year and rounded to comply with Stelmo salary-formatting conventions. Actual compensation would depend on experience, skills, education, and other applicable compensation factors.

Beyond compensation, this position offers something increasingly valuable in healthcare: the ability to build a specialized laboratory career while maintaining a predictable day-shift schedule.

Cytotechnologists occupy a distinctive place within diagnostic medicine. Your work contributes to the detection and characterization of disease at the cellular level, while your collaboration with pathology and procedural teams connects laboratory science directly to patient care.

Upstate New York: A Different Side of the Empire State

Mention New York to someone who has never lived there and the conversation usually starts with Manhattan. Upstate New York tells an entirely different story.

Here, New York opens up.

City blocks give way to river valleys, forested hills, historic communities, farmland, lakes, and mountain landscapes. Depending on where you settle, a weekend can mean walking the streets of Albany, exploring the Hudson Valley, hiking toward a waterfall, heading north toward the Adirondack Mountains, or simply finding a quiet restaurant in a town where the pace feels noticeably removed from life downstate.

For healthcare and laboratory professionals, that contrast can be particularly appealing. Upstate New York combines established medical communities with access to a lifestyle shaped by four distinct seasons and an extraordinary amount of outdoor space.

Four Seasons That Actually Feel Different

Autumn is difficult to ignore.

By late September and October, forests throughout Upstate New York begin changing from green into layers of yellow, amber, orange, and deep red. Scenic drives become weekend destinations of their own, and hiking trails offer the kind of fall landscape people travel across the country to experience.

Winter changes the rhythm again. Snow sports, skiing, snowshoeing, and cold-weather weekends become part of life for people who embrace the season. Farther north, the Adirondacks offer a vast landscape of mountains, lakes, forests, and small communities that can feel remarkably distant from urban life.

Spring brings trails and waterways back to life, while summer creates an entirely different Upstate New York. Long evenings, farmers markets, lakes, hiking, camping, kayaking, festivals, and outdoor dining become part of the weekly routine rather than something reserved for a vacation.

Albany and the Capital Region

For candidates considering the Albany and Capital Region, the area offers the amenities of an established metropolitan center without the scale of New York City.

As the state capital, Albany sits within a region shaped by government, higher education, healthcare, history, and professional services. Nearby communities provide a range of living environments, from more urban neighborhoods to quieter suburban and small-town settings.

The location also creates a useful geographic crossroads. The Hudson Valley, Adirondacks, Berkshires, and other destinations throughout the Northeast are accessible for weekend exploration, while the broader Capital Region provides restaurants, cultural institutions, entertainment, shopping, and community events closer to home.

Built for People Who Want the Outdoors Within Reach

One of Upstate New York's strongest lifestyle advantages is how quickly developed communities can transition into open landscape.

The region supports hiking, cycling, kayaking, fishing, camping, skiing, snowshoeing, and countless other outdoor pursuits. The Hudson River, numerous lakes and waterways, extensive trail systems, and the mountains farther north provide opportunities to build recreation into ordinary life.

For someone spending the workday concentrating on microscopic details in a cytology laboratory, there is an appealing contrast in finishing the day somewhere expansive.

That might mean walking beside the river, exploring a local trail, meeting friends in a historic downtown, or planning a weekend farther into the mountains.

History, Culture, and Community

Upstate New York also rewards exploration at a slower scale.

The region's towns and cities reflect centuries of American history, with historic architecture, local museums, college communities, independent restaurants, performing arts, farmers markets, and seasonal festivals woven throughout the area.

Food and agriculture are also part of the landscape. Farm markets, orchards, breweries, regional restaurants, and seasonal produce give different communities their own identities rather than making the entire region feel interchangeable.

It is a version of New York built less around constant intensity and more around variety.

You can pursue a sophisticated healthcare career without requiring every part of your life outside the laboratory to move at the same speed.

Specialized Work. Visible Impact. A Career Worth Examining Closely.

Cytotechnology requires something unusual: the ability to remain intensely focused on details most people will never see while never losing sight of the person represented by the specimen.

That combination of science, judgment, and purpose is what makes the profession consequential.

If you are a licensed New York Cytotechnologist with experience or interest in GYN cytology, Non-GYN cytology, FNA specimens, cytopathology, and hospital-based laboratory medicine, this full-time day-shift opportunity offers the chance to put that expertise to work in a setting where accuracy matters every day.

Apply today to explore this Cytotechnologist opportunity in Upstate New York and bring your microscopic expertise to a pathology team helping physicians find the answers patients need.