Laboratory Manager

This growing medical diagnostics laboratory is searching for a Laboratory Manager. The General / Technical Supervisor / Laboratory Manager is ultimately responsible for the overall operation and administration of the lab and the competency of all laboratory personnel.

The person in this position must be a generalist proficient in all departments of the laboratory.

General Duties / Responsibilities :

• Responsible for designating responsibilities to all staff, and verifying delegated duties are performed properly
• Must be accessible to the laboratory to provide on-site, telephone, or electronic consultation as needed, including after hours
• Ensure that the physical plant and environmental conditions are appropriate for testing performed and provide a safe environment from physical, chemical, and biological hazards
• Ensures the communication of lab data in a timely manner
• Confident and willing to fill in on the bench to complete testing when needed
• Other job duties as assigned

Procedural Duties / Responsibilities :

• Ensuring an effective quality management program
• Ensure testing systems provide quality laboratory services for pre-analytic, analytic and post-analytic phases of testing
• Ensure proper selection of test methods to include : specimen collection, stability, handling, testing and resulting
• Ensure verification procedures used are adequate to determine accuracy, precision, and other pertinent performance characteristics of the method
• Ensure that reports of test results include pertinent information required for interpretation
• Ensure that consultation is available to the laboratory’s clients on matters of relating to the quality of the test results reported and their interpretation concerning specific patient conditions
• Review and approve all laboratory policies and procedures
• Ensure that an approved policy and procedure manual is available to all lab personnel
• Ensure that laboratory personnel are performing the test methods as required for accurate and reliable results

Personnel Duties / Responsibilities :

• Provides day-to-day supervision of personnel performing high complexity testing
• Must be on-site to provide direct supervision when high complexity testing is performed by certain individuals
• Employ a sufficient number of laboratory personnel with the appropriate education, experience, and / or training to provide appropriate consultation, properly supervise, and accurately perform tests and report test results
• Ensure staff have demonstrated that they can perform all testing operations reliably to provide and report accurate results
• Is accessible to testing personnel at all times testing is performed to provide on-site, telephone, or electronic support
• Monitors tests analyses and specimen examinations to ensure that acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained
• Fulfills certain responsibilities if delegated by the lab director or technical supervisor, such as :
• Resolving technical problems and ensuring remedial actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications
• Ensuring patient test results are not reported until all corrective action has been taken and the test system is functioning properly
• Providing orientation to all testing personnel
• Annually evaluating and documenting the performance of all testing personnel
• Ensure that policies and procedures are established for monitoring individuals who conduct pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phases of testing to verify that they maintain competency to :

Process specimens

• Perform test procedures
• Report test results promptly and proficiently, and whenever necessary, identify needs for remedial training or continuing education to improve skills
• Timely and appropriately evaluate competency of testing personnel to include competency assessment criteria (initial hire, 6 month, 1 year and then annually thereafter)
• Ensure that the laboratory is enrolled in an approved proficiency testing (PT) program for timely proficiency of results for twice a year verification of non-regulated analytes
• Ensure proficiency testing and alternative assessment procedures are sufficient for the extent of testing performed
• Ensure that PT samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples
• Ensure that PT results are returned on time to the PT program
• Ensure that PT results are reviewed by the appropriate staff and corrective action plan is formulated and followed when PT results are found to be unsatisfactory
• Ensure that PT samples are performed according to accrediting agency & CLIA regulations

Quality Assurance / Quality Control Duties / Responsibilities :

• Ensure that quality control and quality assessment programs are established and maintained to identify failures in quality as they occur
• Ensure the establishment and maintenance of acceptable levels of analytical performance for each test system
• Ensure that all corrective actions are taken, documented, and test systems are functioning properly before release of patient test results
• Ensuring QC procedures are sufficient for the extent of testing performed
• The General / Technical Supervisor / Laboratory Manager must possess a current license as a Medical Laboratory Technician or Laboratory Manager issued by the state of Louisiana

Education / Requirements :

• Bachelor’s Degree in required field or in medical laboratory science
• 4 years lab training or experience in high complexity testing

If you would like to learn more about additional opportunities, contact Shelly Dowse directly by phone at 770.752.1525. Resumes may confidentially be sent to [email protected]

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.

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