Clinical Lab Scientist Lead

Schedule will be Sunday - Thursday from 2:00PM until 10:30PM

Qualifications:

1. To qualify for a certificate as a general supervisor of a licensed laboratory, a person must, except as otherwise provided in this section, be:

(a) A qualified physician serving on behalf of the director; or

(b) A clinical laboratory technologist who has had at least 3 years of experience in a laboratory as a full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week, of which at least 2 years have been spent working at the level of a technologist:

(1) In a licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a hospital, university or health department; and

(2) Under the supervision of a director who possesses a doctoral degree.

Job Duties:

• Performs bench work as needed.
• 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 testing.
• Must be on-site to provide direct supervision when testing is performed.
• Monitors test analyses and specimen examinations to ensure that acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained including quality control, calibration and maintenance.
• Fulfills certain responsibilities if delegated by the laboratory director or technical supervisor, such as:
  • Resolving technical problems and ensuring remedial actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications.
  • Ensuring patient test results are not reported until all corrective action has been taken and the test system is functioning properly.
  • Providing orientation to all testing personnel.
  • Annually evaluating and documenting the performance of all testing personnel.
  • Maintains Standard Operating Procedures up to date.
• Involved in the hiring of personnel and make sure they have the necessary education and experience.
• Evaluates the volume of testing performed, the number of testing personnel and turn-around-times to ensure adequate personnel are available.
• Assures that personnel are provided with adequate training for the duties and testing that they will be performing.
• Assures that personnel competency reviews are completed every six months for first year and annually thereafter. This should include observation of personnel as they perform procedural steps in the pre-analytic, analytic and post-analytic phases of testing.
• Assures that personnel perform proficiency testing per SOP and reports results within the required date.
• Requires and provides remedial training when needed.
• Conducts performance evaluations for departmental staff.
• Works with vendors to bring new analyzers and methods online.
• Reviews payroll, incident, accident, and corrected reports.
• Performs other duties as assigned.