Supervisor, MCED Laboratory - Weekend AM

The Supervisor, Clinical Laboratory directs the day-to-day laboratory operations, under the direction of the Director of Laboratory Operations (or designee); including, but not limited to, the general supervision and development of laboratory staff, assuring quality standards are met, providing technical expertise to the laboratory, and serving as the liaison to various internal and external entities, as needed. The Supervisor, Clinical Laboratory oversees the quality management program in the laboratory and ensures that the laboratory and laboratory staff follow all laws and regulations that are required by CLIA, CAP, OSHA, and any other applicable legislative organizations.

Sat
- Mon, 6a - 630p

Onsite

• Identify and understand regulatory requirements to ensure the laboratory is compliant with all applicable laws and regulations pertinent to the management of the laboratory, including applicable CLIA, CAP and other requirements and regulations.
• In conjunction with support staff, maintain a process for staffing, recruiting, training, evaluation of competency, and ongoing educational development.
• Provide supervision to the laboratory and is accessible to the laboratory personnel to provide on-site consultation.
• Evaluate equipment and supply needs of the laboratory.
• Work with laboratory leadership to ensure expenses are within the departmental budget.
• Assure proper ordering of supplies and equipment.
• Monitor supply usage and variances.
• Review test volumes with the laboratory leadership to ensure appropriate staffing to maintain established turn-around-times.
• Verify the test procedures performed, and along with laboratory leadership establish the laboratory’s test performance characteristics; including precision and accuracy of each test and test system.
• Ensure that the Quality Management program is maintained by following parameters for acceptable performance for the pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical testing processes.
• Resolve all technical problems, with the aid of the technical staff, and ensure that remedial action is taken whenever a test deviates from the laboratory’s performance standards.
• Ensure that all patient results are not reported until corrective actions have been taken and the systems are functioning properly.
• Identify training needs and ensure all training is performed as required.
• Evaluate competency of all laboratory personnel.
• Possess effective management abilities to supervise department staff and maintain budgets.
• Verify the test procedures performed.
• Review proficiency testing.
• Review corrected reports and incident reports.
• Review Quality Control at least monthly.
• Ensure that the Quality Control program is maintained by following parameters for acceptable limits and levels are maintained throughout the entire testing process from initial receipt of specimen to reporting results.
• Sign technical training records.
• Design training checklists.
• Evaluate competency of all testing personnel with the help of technical staff and ensure that the staff maintains their competency to perform test procedures and report test results promptly, accurately, and proficiently.
• Directly observing routine patient test performance, including patient preparation, if applicable, specimen handling, processing, and testing.
• Monitor the recording and reporting of results.
• Review intermediate test results or worksheets, quality control records, proficiency testing results, and preventive maintenance.
• Assess test performance through testing previously analyzed specimens (QA Split Samples, contrived specimens) or external proficiency testing samples.
• Assess problem solving skills.
• Evaluate and document the…