Clinical Laboratory Supervisor - Chemistry - Evenings

The CORE Chemistry Laboratory at MD Anderson Cancer Center serves as a vital component of patient care, providing high-volume, high-complexity testing that supports clinical decision-making across the institution. In addition to traditional clinical laboratory operations, this team supports evolving laboratory technologies and specialized workflows, helping ensure the delivery of accurate, timely, and high-quality diagnostic services for cancer patients.

This Clinical Laboratory Supervisor position offers an opportunity to combine technical leadership, people leadership, and operational oversight within a dynamic laboratory environment. As a subject matter expert, you will oversee daily laboratory operations, support staff development, and help drive quality, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives that directly impact patient care.

In this role, you will provide leadership for laboratory personnel while serving as a resource for troubleshooting complex testing processes, computer systems, and workflow challenges. You will oversee laboratory policies and procedures, ensure SOPs remain current and compliant, lead validations of new methodologies and instrumentation, and support implementation of laboratory information systems and electronic medical record integrations. You will also remain engaged in laboratory operations by performing testing and procedures as needed to support patient care services.

A significant focus of this position is maintaining quality, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence
. You will oversee quality control and quality assurance activities, support CAP and CLIA compliance efforts, maintain inspection readiness, and ensure accurate documentation and inventory management practices. Your leadership will help ensure laboratory operations consistently meet the highest standards of quality and regulatory performance.

This role also provides opportunities to develop and mentor laboratory staff through training, coaching, and ongoing professional development. You will foster a collaborative and supportive work environment while helping employees build technical competencies and achieve professional growth. Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with laboratory staff, clinical teams, and operational partners are essential to success.

The ideal candidate will bring laboratory leadership experience, strong technical expertise in clinical chemistry, a commitment to quality and compliance, and a passion for developing people and improving processes. Candidates who enjoy balancing hands‑on laboratory involvement with team leadership and strategic operational oversight will find this role especially rewarding.

MD Anderson offers a comprehensive total rewards package, including paid medical benefits, generous paid time off, retirement plans, tuition assistance, leadership development opportunities, and additional benefits
, along with the opportunity to grow your leadership career within a world-renowned cancer center dedicated to excellence in patient care, research, and innovation.

The hours for this position are Monday
- Friday 2:30pm - 11pm with some weekend coverage, as needed. The ideal candidate will have prior chemistry experience.

• Supervises the daily activities in a clinical laboratory.
• Is a subject matter expert in the laboratory section.
• Supervises employees and assists with troubleshooting efforts of challenging processes and procedures.
• Leads troubleshooting of computer functions and ensures all employees are competent and able to perform computer functions.
• Oversees coordination and ensures maintenance of policies and procedures for all clinical testing.
• Reviews and updates SOPs in a timely manner to ensure that current practices are aligned with approved procedures.
• Leads evaluation and validation of new methodologies, tests and instrumentation.
• Assists with LIS and EMR application implementation, testing and recommends modifications as needed.
• Perform clinical lab assays, tests and procedures as necessary to ensure optimal patient care services.