What are the responsibilities and job description for the Laboratory Supervisor- PSC position at Inova Health System?
Inova Central Lab is seeking a full-time Laboratory Supervisor- Patient Service Center to join our team! This role is scheduled for Day shifts, Monday-Friday.
Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and more!
Job Responsibilities Laboratory Supervisor:
- Conducts team member counseling, coaching and disciplinary sessions. Handles team member relations.
- Takes ownership for the selection of methodology and instrumentation to perform Laboratory tests appropriate for the patient population served.
- Ensures participation in and successful completion of a quality control and approved proficiency testing program commensurate with the services offered.
- Maintains high visibility in work areas and provides leadership for daily operational issues for teams across all shifts and throughout assigned areas.
- Coordinates efforts of team to maintain and/or implement changes in work processes to ensure high quality outcomes and meet established success indicators.
- Critically analyzes patient data to formulate hypothesis and suggests testing protocol for physician to follow in confirming patient diagnosis while ensuring proper utilization of services.
- Coordinates compliance with accrediting agencies and implements quality improvement program of assigned areas. Monitors industry trends and recommends appropriate responses.
- Verifies test procedures performed and establishes the Laboratory's test performance characteristics including, but not limited to, the linearity, precision and accuracy of each test and test system.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Four (4) years experience experience and knowledge of laboratory processes, advanced troubleshooting skills, leadership skills, strong interpersonal, communication and team building skills.
Education:
- Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college/university in Medical Laboratory Science / Medical Technology, Histology or Cytology. OR a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college/university with 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) in biology including one semester in microbiology and 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) in chemistry including one semester in organic or biochemistry,, which may be obtained within, or in addition to, the baccalaureate degree.
- One of the following:
- Successful completion of a 50 week U.S. military medical laboratory training course within the last ten years
- Successful completion of a NAACLS accredited Medical Laboratory Scientist program or MLT program.
Certification:
- ASCP or AMT Board certification consistent with scope of responsibility to include: MT, MLS, MLT, BB, SBB, C, H, M, SH, SCT, MB, SMB, SM, SC, HTL, HT and HEW.
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
This policy is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at 45 C.F.R. Parts 80, 84, 91 and 92, respectively.