Clinical Lab Supervisor - Diagnostics & Quality

Cardinal Health; Fresno (CA); Hybrid; USD 51,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Job summary

Cardinal Health’s cCARE Cancer Center in Fresno seeks a Laboratory professional to oversee daily lab operations and staff, ensuring accurate testing, timely reporting, and adherence to QA policies. The role involves mentoring personnel, evaluating new methods, and maintaining equipment while communicating with nurses and physicians.

The ideal candidate has a California CLT license or temporary license and hematology experience, with a strong customer service background and the ability to

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree in medical technology or related field and completion of internship.
• State of California Clinical Laboratory Technologist license or temporary license.
• One year hematology experience preferred.
• Knowledge of computer/telephony support, preferably in a health care environment.
• Strong customer service background, preferably in health care environment.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the day-to-day oversight of the laboratory staff and operation, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness.
• Notifies manager of problems requiring managerial intervention.
• Effectively performs laboratory testing and reporting of results in an accurate, timely and efficient manner.
• Adheres to all laboratory quality assurance policies, documenting all quality control activities.
• Effectively performs equipment maintenance, including function checks, as scheduled with documentation according to laboratory policies.
• Resolves problems with testing and equipment in a timely and constructive manner.
• Follows the laboratory’s policies / procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory’s policies defined acceptable levels of performance, assuring that all appropriate remedial actions are taken and documented.
• Ensures that patient test results are not reported until all corrective actions have been taken and the test system is functioning properly.
• Notifies appropriate personnel of testing delays.
• Mentors lab personnel as needed, using constructive teaching and counseling methods.
• Performs testing on proficiency testing samples, maintaining documentation in accordance with laboratory policy.
• Effectively communicates with nursing staff and physicians regarding patient testing issues, providing consultation on issues, as needed.
• Recognizes critical values and follows appropriate notification Procedure.
• Ensures proper inventory of reagent stock / supplies is maintained.
• Effectively orients and trains new personnel, as requested by supervisor.
• Evaluates new testing methodology and contributes to writing technical laboratory procedures as requested by supervisor.
• Operates all computer hardware and software programs competently and efficiently.
• Effectively performs other duties and projects as assigned by management and / or leadership.

Skills

Hematology knowledge

Laboratory testing

Customer service

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in medical technology

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Cardinal Health’s cCARE Cancer Center in Fresno seeks a Laboratory professional to oversee daily lab operations and staff, ensuring accurate testing, timely reporting, and adherence to QA policies. The role involves mentoring personnel, evaluating new methods, and maintaining equipment while communicating with nurses and physicians.

The ideal candidate has a California CLT license or temporary license and hematology experience, with a strong customer service background and the ability to