Lab Supervisor-Certified, Point of Care, 40hr, Day

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Exemption Status: Exempt Hiring Range: $79,164.80 - $142,480.00 Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations .

Schedule Details: Monday through Friday, On Call - Required, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday) Scheduled Hours: 8-4:30pm - flexible, Provides cross campus coverage and is willing to travel between affiliated locations based on operational need Shift: 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America) Hours: 40 Cost Center: 10020 - 3322 Point Of Care Testing This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

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Responsible for day-to-day supervision of staff, laboratory testing and workflow in the laboratory section as assigned. Ensures laboratory results are produced in accordance with established laboratory procedures. Coordinates communication of technical and result issues to lab management and operations leadership. Provides advanced technical support for staff and is an active participant in quality assurance management in the laboratory.

Major Responsibilities: • Oversight of laboratory staff: makes recommendations on employee hires, transfers, promotions, salary changes, discipline, terminations, and similar actions. Resolves grievances and other personnel problems within position responsibilities.    • Completes documentation of competency: signs off on new employee’s probationary period and annual staff competencies, as required by CAP. • Coordinates scheduling, staffing, and emergent coverage needs for all campus laboratory locations.  • Is an active participant in the management team facilitating the implementation and communication of the departmental goals. • Make recommendations for capital purchases, staff and /or process changes to be included in the budget consideration process.  Ensures day-to-day decisions are consistent with the laboratory’s financial goals and objectives. • Writes, edits, and organizes new and existing procedures. Takes an active role in the procedure review process to ensure they remain consistent with laboratory practices.  • Ensures compliance with all laboratory quality and safety policies.    • Ensures all periodic instrument maintenance is performed. Serves as a laboratory resource for advanced instrument repair/troubleshooting. • Provides guidance and appropriate follow-through to other staff members for complex or unusual test results. • Facilitates completion of validation studies for new equipment/assays. Develop staff training plans for new equipment and assays.  • Ensures all proficiency testing is performed according to established laboratory and CAP procedures. Reviews all CAP proficiency results and leads investigations into CAP PT exceptions.

Standard Supervisor Level Responsibilities: • Supervises assigned personnel including performance evaluations, scheduling, orientation, and training.   • Makes recommendations on employee hires, transfers, promotions, salary changes, discipline, terminations, and similar actions.  Resolves grievances and other personnel problems within position responsibilities. • Coordinates the assignment of tasks and helps resolve technical and operational problems. Evaluates the impact of solutions to ensure goals are achieved. • Provides effective direction, guidance, and leadership over the staff for effective teamwork and motivation and fosters the effective integration of efforts with system-wide initiatives. • Encourages and supports diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, respect, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors. • Integrates diversity into departmental objectives, such as hiring, promotions, training, vendor selections, etc. • Participates in performance improvement initiatives and demonstrates the use of quality improvement in daily operations. • Ensures compliance with regulatory agencies such as Joint Commission, DPH, etc.  Develops and maintains procedures necessary to meet regulatory requirements. • Ensures that department complies with hospital established policies, quality assurance programs, safety, and infection control policies and procedures. • Ensures adequate equipment and supplies for department. • Develops and maintains established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives. • Ensures compliance to all health and safety regulations and requirements. • Performs similar or related duties as required or directed.

Position Qualifications: License/Certification/Education: Required: • Bachelor’s degree of science from an accredited college/university with a major in Clinical Laboratory Science, or Medical Technology, or Biological Science or chemistry, or Bachelor’s degree with Major with a combination of 30 semester hours in biology and chemistry and math, or Official evaluation report for non-US college/university transcript. • National certification as a generalist Medical Laboratory Technologist/Scientis t, categorical in the specialty of the operation , or Specialist : Examples : ASCP Technologist/Scientist Certification: Blood Bank (BB)

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