Clinical Laboratory Supervisor, MT/MLS(ASCP)

Clinical Laboratory Supervisor, MT/MLS(ASCP)

Job Category: Laboratory Services

Location: Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA

Description

Lifesaving & Life-Changing Work A career at Mid-America Transplant means giving hope and healing to the 100,000+ patients on the transplant waiting list, bringing peace to families in mourning, building a legacy for donors, and stewarding their lifesaving gifts. No matter what role you play or how challenging the work can sometimes be, we find that helping save and celebrate the lives of others often changes your own life in the process. Join the Mid-America Transplant team. It's the toughest job you'll ever love What We Do Simply put, we help save lives and we're proud to say we've been nationally recognized for we how well we do it. We conduct and fund game-changing research. We educate the public to prevent medical issues and the need for transplants. We offer grief resources to donor families. Pioneer new facilities and protocols that improve the viability of organ and tissue donations. We provide affordable, temporary housing for transplant patients and their families. Partner with community organizations to drive donor registration. We meet with schools, clergy, and local leaders to share our cause and our message. We stop at nothing because we're the kind of people who give everything.

The Position

The Laboratory Supervisor is responsible for monitoring, performing, and supervising manual and automated clinical laboratory testing procedures by enzyme immunoassay, immunohematology, nucleic acid, and molecular methods to ensure the safety of all organs and tissues for transplantation. The Laboratory Supervisor functions independently and in a team setting to maintain operational efficiency of the clinical laboratory and meet or exceed departmental goals. The Laboratory Supervisor serves as a technical resource and subject matter for laboratory staff, provides administrative/leadership of laboratory employees and assists the Director of Laboratory Services and the Laboratory Medical Director in monitoring shift workflow and process improvement.

What You'll Do

• Provides day-to-day supervision for assigned staff, assists Director in the selection, training, and development of team members to retain a motivated, engaged, and professional workforce.
• Oversight for clinical laboratory operations team to include developing schedules, assigning and monitoring work, gathering resources, implementing productivity standards, resolving operational problems and implementing new procedures.
• Communicates job responsibilities and performance expectations to assure mutual understanding of desired results.
• Support annual performance evaluation goals and behaviors.
• Performs and releases infectious disease testing, histocompatibility testing, and ABO/Rh typing including but not limited to the following methods- CMIA, qPCR, Nucleic Acid Testing
• Performs donor management testing to support Donor Care Unit (DCU) operations, including but not limited to the following methods: Arterial Blood Gasses, Chemistries, Urinalysis, Hematology, Coagulation
• Updates procedures and communicates the changes and ensures that staff have up-to-date skills and knowledge to clarify and exceed processor needs/requirements.
• Works collaboratively with the Chief Medical Officer, Laboratory Medical Director, Donor Services, Eye Bank, Tissue Work System, Organ Work System, and Quality to ensure that organ, tissue, and eye donation process proceeds smoothly and provides optimum outcomes for processors and/or recipients.
• Serves as technical expert to laboratory staff, provide supervision, guidance, and leadership to laboratory staff to support the Laboratory Director and management
• Serves as CLIA General Supervisor in absence of Laboratory Director and Management
• Manages laboratory functions specific to designated shift and/or section
• Identifies and initiates process development action plans to ensure commitment to continuous quality improvement.

Schedule This role will work five 7.5 hour shifts Monday through Friday with one weekend shift per month.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in chemical, physical, biological science, medical technology, or equivalent education with 5 years clinical laboratory experience, with 2 years of leadership experience
• MLS (ASCP) / MT (ASCP) or equivalent certification and HLA/histocompatibility experience preferred
• Ability to understand and perform complex procedures and techniques and work with complex instrumentation.
• Skills required for proper specimen and reagent handling, labeling, processing, preparation, transportation and storage necessary.
• Ability to correctly interpret test results, to include identification and correction of discrepancies
• Must be knowledgeable of regulations and comply with them.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service internally and externally.

What We'll Bring

• Health insurance premium options at zero out of pocket for single coverage, eligible on your first day
• 401(k) Retirement Match - offering up to a 5% match of annual salary starting the 1st day of the month following your start date
• 401(k) Retirement Plan offering up to another 9% contribution of your annual salary after one year
• Paid Life Insurance four times your salary
• Paid Long Term Disability
• Annual incentive plan in addition to annual salary increases
• Tuition Reimbursement

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.