Tissue Typing Supervisor

Tissue Typing Supervisor

Hiring Department: Labs/Pathology Services

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition : 1038763

Posting Close Date: 1/12/2026

Salary Range (commensurate with experience): $69,180.80-$

* Final salary offered will be determined by market data, internal equity, candidate experience/qualifications, and budget.*

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) provides comprehensive care, education, and research to the people of Illinois and beyond. A part of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), UI Health comprises a clinical enterprise that includes a Joint Commission-accredited tertiary care hospital and outpatient clinics, and the Mile Square Health Center network of federally qualified health centers.

It also includes the seven UIC health science colleges: the College of Applied Health Sciences; the College of Dentistry; the School of Public Health; the Jane Addams College of Social Work; and the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing, including regional campuses in Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, Springfield, and Urbana. UI Health is dedicated to the pursuit of health equity.

Learn more: hospital.uillinois.edu/about-ui-health

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

The Tissue Typing Supervisor (Medical Technologist II) provides service to the medical community and patients by performing requested moderate or highly complex laboratory tests in a timely manner, offering state-of-the art methods; assure efficient, accurate and timely reporting of test or examination results; and fostering a learning environment for students, residents, and (new) employees training/rotating in the Tissue Typing Laboratory.

• Perform Tissue Typing testing, including HLA typing by NGS, HLA flow cross match, solid phase HLA antibody testing, and cytotoxic HLA cross match, which are critical to solid organ and stem cell transplant programs. Make interpretation of different and complex reaction patterns and identify probable cause for irregular or atypical test results.
• Use established laboratory techniques that involve delicate and exacting steps requiring measured judgment as to the appropriate procedures to be employed. Such testing may be performed by manual methods involving technical interpretation and/or by automated analyzers involving maintenance and troubleshooting. Exercise expertise in selecting controls, variations in techniques, consistency, and decisions regarding interpretations of test results.
• Assist in the researching and implementing additions or deletions to the testing menu performed by technologists working in the Tissue Typing Laboratory.
• Work in conjunction with the Laboratory Manager and Medical Director to investigate and establish new DNA based Tissue Typing tests. Assist in the writing, documenting, and maintaining testing procedures.
• Assist in the review, update, and revision of all procedure manuals, quality control practices, quality assurance monitors on an annual basis, or more frequently as required. Assist in the researching, evaluating, and initiating new state-of-the-art methods to continually provide the highest quality of patient care. Work in conjunction with the Manager to maintain and update standard operating procedures for outreach testing services.
  
  Assure compliance with JCAHO and CAP requirements.
• Receive and process patient specimens arriving at the laboratory as needed. Maintain proper, accurate and confidential records of patient and donor information.
• Teach medical students and residents and train new employees in tissue typing procedures and techniques. Document orientation/training and competency testing.
• Investigate and resolve all problems encountered with testing and/or equipment; institute and monitor corrective measures.
• Maintains a system of quality assurance which includes timely review of procedure manuals, instrument maintenance, quality control, employee…