Laboratory Supervisor, - Hematology, PBMC (2nd Shift)

Lab Supervisor

This is a fully onsite role based at our Global Central Lab in Highland Heights, KY. We welcome applicants from all locations within the US. Please note that relocation assistance is not provided for this position, and any relocation costs will be the responsibility of the candidate. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on now and in the future.

Our PPD Laboratory Services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists, industry thought-leaders and therapeutic experts. As the world leader in serving science, our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations.

Discover Impactful Work

As a Laboratory Supervisor you will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of our laboratory unit. This position involves supervising daily work activities, maintaining high standards of scientific and administrative operations, and ensuring compliance with all safety and quality protocols. Key responsibilities include operating, maintaining, and repairing clinical laboratory equipment, performing routine preventive maintenance, calibrations, and safety checks, and overseeing weekly and monthly Quality Control processes. Additionally, the supervisor will manage the Quality Control database and assist in setting up and validating new assays as directed by the manager.

A Day in the Life :

• Performs and reports routine and complex laboratory analyses that require advanced evaluation and judgment skills.
• Uses set protocols and guidelines to evaluate credibility and accuracy of test results and provides data for validation to supervisors and managers.
• Performs work in an efficient manner by coordinating personnel and testing steps to achieve maximum productivity.
• Ensures that quality control procedures are carried out. Monitors and resolves instrument problems. Implements new technology and instruments for unit according to established protocols.
• Gathers data for quality improvement activities within section and participates in comparison studies of precision, accuracy, and linearity for new or existing assays according to established protocols.
• In conjunction with laboratory senior management, develops new policies and procedures for the unit and writes Standard Operating Procedures.
• Serves in a mentor to team members providing guidance and reviewing and checking work.
• Trains and assesses the competency of staff in the unit and issues formal evaluations.
• Recruits, interviews, and hires new staff.
• Regularly interacts with non-laboratory departments to organize work flow, trouble shoot problems, and find resolution in order to meet client expectations.

Keys to Success

Education

Experience

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and / or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Work Environment

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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