General Laboratory, Supervisor, Day Shift
Healthcare Connections, Inc.

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Client Overview:

Our client, located in the beautiful northern bay area near San Francisco, seeks a General Laboratory Supervisor to oversee day to day operations of the general laboratory for a 40-bed facility (part of a large health system in California).

Overview:

The Immediate Response Laboratory (IRL) Supervisor is responsible for the overall operations and coordination of the technical activities of the IRL to ensure efficient operation of the IRL for pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.

Skill Requirements:

• Managing and authoring processes and procedures
  
• Training and presenting technical information to staff
  
• QA/QC of the departments
  
• Fiscal and budgeting responsibilities
  

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Evaluating laboratory operations consulting with pathologists; reporting results according to protocols mandated by the hospital and public health department
  
• Ensuring maintenance of medical laboratory equipment performance by developing operations, quality, and troubleshooting procedures; ensuring staff compliance; certifying instrument performance; arranging equipment replacement, service, and repair
  
• Maintaining medical laboratory supplies inventory, determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies
  
• Maintaining laboratory productivity, monitoring workload, identifying peak and slack periods
  
• Participating in the hospital quality assurance program; consulting with pathologists; performing proficiency surveys; reviewing QC & QA programs
  
• Maintaining medical laboratory staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training employees, counseling, reviewing/evaluating and disciplining employees as needed
  
• Complying with state and professional continuing education licensure requirements
  
• Contributing to benchwork as needed
  

Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a clinical laboratory
  

Education, Licensure, and Certification:

• Bachelor's Degree in a physical, chemical or biological science from a college or university accredited by the Western Association of Schools or Colleges, or the equivalent thereof
  
• California Clinical Laboratory Scientist License
  
• MT(ASCP) or MLS(ASCP) preferred
  

HealthCare Connections, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or other protected status pursuant to law.

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