Laboratory Supervisor Quality Control

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Laboratory Supervisor Quality Control

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to :

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
  
  

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Gretna, LA location in the Toxicology, Diagnostics Division. We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

The Laboratory Supervisor Quality Control will oversee a small team and assist in preparing calibrators and controls, performing annual verifications, overseeing proficiency testing, assisting in method development and QC review, and other duties for which the individual is qualified on an as-needed basis.

What You’ll Work On

• Supervise a small team of QC technologists
• Preparation and verification of calibrators, controls, internal standards, and annual verification samples.
• Must complete the preparation and verification of calibrators, controls, and internal standards in a timely fashion based on current inventory and expiration dates. Must comply with current SOP’s and regulatory guidelines
• First Review and data entry of chromatographic data from annual verifications, and QC (LC / GC / Screening) verifications.
• Must complete the associated paperwork to properly document verification assessments. Expect 100% accuracy with no administrative errors and must meet SAMHSA and College of American Pathologists – Forensic Drug Testing (CAP-FDT) criteria.
• Updating and Review of QC in BioRad Unity Program
• Must complete the associated paperwork to properly document validation assessments and maintain a written record of communication with the RP with regard to findings. Must comply with current SOP’s and regulatory guidelines
• Must account for completion of all Proficiency Testing (PT) samples (both external and internal) and respond to all agencies on any discrepancy concerning PT samples. Expect 100% accuracy with no administrative errors and must meet SAMHSA and College of American Pathologists – Forensic Drug Testing (CAP-FDT) criteria.
• Adherence to all security procedures for ensuring confidentiality of donor and proprietary method information.
• Must comply with current SOP’s and regulatory guidelines.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• BS degree in science or equivalent related field required; or 5 years of relevant laboratory experience.
• Previous experience in extraction and first review required
• Previous experience in processing data associated with GC/MS and LC-MS/MS (using MultiQuant) required.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced ability to understand analytical techniques and procedures
• Advanced ability to understand laboratory instrumentation
• Advanced ability to understand GC/MS and LC-MS/MS Data Review and R&D requirements for SAMHSA, CAP-FDT, and other relevant regulatory bodies
• Advanced ability to understand the function of a Laboratory Information System (LIS) and other laboratory computer systems
• Advanced ability to communicate with Supervisory staff and to maintain written records of said communication
• Ability to present data in a neat and organized fashion
• Ability to detect chromatographic issues and suggest or implement required resolutions.
  
  

Apply Now

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The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.