Core Lab Supervisor

Schedule: Mon-Thurs 12:00pm 8:00pm, Fri 12:00pm 4:00pm, Sun 9 AM 12 Noon

Position Summary:

The Laboratory Supervisor is responsible for management of daily laboratory operations, environment, and work processes according to standard operating procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Is accessible to testing personnel at all times testing is performed to provide on-site, telephone, or electronic support.
• Provides day-to day supervision of personnel performing high complexity testing.
• Must be on-site to provide direct supervision when high complexity testing is performed by certain individuals.
• Monitors test analyses and specimen examinations to ensure that acceptable levels of analytic performances are maintained.
• Resolving technical problems and ensuring remedial actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from the laboratory established performance specifications.
• Ensuring patient test results are not reported until corrective action has been taken and test system is functioning properly.
• Providing orientation and training to all testing personnel
• Annually evaluating and documenting the performance of all testing personnel (competency assessment)

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in a life science and or Medical Technology
• State Licensure, where applicable (CA, FL, and NY require state licensing)
• Six (6) or more years of work experience in a clinical laboratory as a Medical Lab Technologist or Clinical Lab Scientist
• One (1) or more years of supervisory experience within a laboratory setting
• Experience with QC / QA / Regulatory requirements
• Experience working the bench in all areas of the core lab (Microbiology, Chemistry, Hematology, Blood Bank, etc.)
• Able to perform CBC differentials
• Ability to use sound judgement when making decisions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a reference laboratory highly desired
• ASCP certification is a plus
• Experience with Test Validation