General Laboratory Supervisor

Job title: General Laboratory Supervisor

Reports to: Operations Laboratory Director

FLSA Status: Full time, Exempt

Location: Aurora, CO, USA

Oxford Cancer Analytics (OXcan) is an emerging diagnostics company that leverages advanced proteomics and machine learning to create innovative tests for earlier and more accurate assessment of lung diseases. Founded in Oxford, OXcan partners with leading research and clinical institutions to accelerate the translation of laboratory breakthroughs into improved patient care.

General Laboratory Supervisor is responsible for managing day‑to‑day high complexity testing operations, ensuring regulatory compliance to CLIA, staff competency, and accurate result reporting.

The key duties of the general laboratory supervisor include but are not limited to monitoring quality control, training of personnel, performing competency assessments, and providing technical support to technical staff.

General laboratory supervisor may participate in the execution of technical operations when trained on process/methods.

General laboratory supervisor is required to be accessible during testing hours and maintain and ensure strict conformance to quality standards is being implemented and followed.

Primary duties and responsibilities of the general laboratory supervisor include but are not limited to:

• Regulatory compliance: maintaining and ensuring adherence to CLIA requirements, internal quality management systems and any accreditation body requirements.
• Personnel Management: develop and be responsible for personnel training programs/plans, execute required training for personnel, basic supervision of personnel on day‑to‑day basis.
• Operational Oversight: manage daily laboratory workflows based on volume of samples and personnel availability including sample accessioning and inspection, sample processing, quality control metrics, and meeting business and quality metrics such as turn‑around time, number of deviations etc.
• Quality Assurance: participate in the initiation, investigate, root cause analysis, correction and tracking and trending of non‑conforming products; identify and implement quality metrics required around non‑conforming product trends. Participate in initiation, investigation, corrections related to planned and un‑planned deviations, CAPA’s, and recalls. Compile data when required for the support and presentation of metrics at Management Review.
• Technical Support: act as a liaison for the laboratory director, providing on‑site, phone and or electronic support during testing.
• Delegated responsibilities:
  Laboratory Director or technical supervisor may delegate the following responsibilities in addition to your primary duties:
  • Assuring all remedial actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications;
  • Reviewing and ensuring patient test results are not reported until all corrective actions have been taken and the test system is properly functioning;
  • Providing orientation to all testing personnel;
  • Evaluation and documentation of personnel competency testing.

Qualifications for General Laboratory Supervisor include:

Education: One of the following must be met:

• Doctoral, Master’s, or Bachelor’s degree in chemical, biological, clinical or medical laboratory science, or medical technology from an accredited institution; AND with at least 2 years of clinical laboratory training or experience in a high complexity testing environment;

OR

• Associates degree in chemical, biological, clinical or medical laboratory science, or medical technology from an accredited institution, chemical, biological or clinical laboratory science; AND includes at least 60 semester hours, or equivalent, from an accredited institution that at a minimum, includes either (1) 24 semester hours of medical laboratory technology courses; or (2) 24 semester hours of science courses that include 6 semester hours of chemistry, 6 semester hours of biology and 12 semester hours of chemistry, biology, or medical laboratory technology in any combination;
  
  AND with at least 2 years of…