General Supervisor for High Complexity CLIA LAB

Nanobiosym; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A biotechnology company in Cambridge is seeking a General Supervisor for its High-Complexity Testing CLIA LAB. You will oversee personnel, workflow, and quality control in a molecular diagnostics lab. The role requires leadership and compliance with regulatory standards, ensuring test accuracy and timely reporting. Ideal candidates will have relevant educational qualifications and experience in high-complexity testing. This position offers unique career opportunities in a hypergrowth environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified as a Director or Technical Supervisor for high-complexity testing.
• 1 year training and experience in high-complexity testing required for Master's or Bachelor's degrees.
• 2 years laboratory training or experience required for Associate degree.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direct a team of technologists.
• Ensure all laboratory members are proficient in assay processing.
• Monitor examinations to ensure analytic performance levels are maintained.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Quality Control

Regulatory Compliance

Inventory Management

Education

Doctoral degree in clinical laboratory science

Master's degree in clinical laboratory science

Bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory science

Associate degree in medical laboratory technology

Job description

Nanobiosym is an innovative company in Cambridge, MA that is developing novel technologies to address a broad range of diseases. Nanobiosym was founded by an MIT/Harvard alum to work at the interface of physics, nanotechnology, and biomedicine. This hypergrowth company allows for unique career opportunities with strong long‑term incentives. Nanobiosym is currently seeking top‑notch candidates to help the company scale up its operations.

Nanobiosym is looking for a General Supervisor for its High‑Complexity Testing CLIA LAB. The role and requirements are below. The purpose of the Laboratory General Supervisor is to serve as a general supervisor under CLIA 42 CFR 493.1449 regulations for a molecular diagnostics lab. You will assist the Clinical Laboratory Director in day‑to‑day personnel, workflow, quality control, and equipment management. You are responsible for ensuring that the tests meet all regulatory requirements and coordinating with the laboratory staff to review data for accuracy and issue test reports in a timely manner.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Provide leadership and directs a team of technologists through positive communication and support
2. Train new personnel with regard to technical and operational procedures
3. Ensure all laboratory members are proficient in assay processing including biannual (first year and subsequent annual competency training)
4. Organize specimens required to be run
5. Review data for concordant analysis, write‑up results, and file data with the assay tested under competency runs
6. Annually evaluate and document the performance of all testing personnel
7. Create daily/weekly technologist schedule for molecular diagnostic assays
8. Setting‑up equipment and resources for the laboratory
9. Monitor examinations to ensure that acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained and meet TATs
10. Ensure that all remedial actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specification
11. Report quality issues directly to the Clinical Laboratory Director
12. Track proficiency testing for the validated assay in the laboratory that includes calendar tracking, and following through concordance analysis and finalizing all documents in the database for any future inspections
13. Maintain all Quality Management System on instrument maintenance programs, i.e. preventative maintenance, cleanliness and maintain records of service in compliance CAP
14. Maintain and manage daily performance and workload distributed throughout the laboratory
15. Review issues regarding problem cases with Clinical Laboratory Director to get direction for troubleshooting and next step directions
16. Work with the lab team to monitor and maintain inventory of supplies, place orders of materials
17. Participate with Clinical Laboratory Director in managing all governmental and regulatory audits
18. Manage and monitor Quality Control (QC), Quality Assurance (QA), Safety and Inspection practices to assure compliance with CLIA and MA regulations
19. Develop, implement and maintain SOPs as per CLIA and MA regulation
20. Maintain a flexible schedule to meet laboratory goals

Qualifications:

1. Qualified as a Director for high‑complexity testing;
2. OR Qualified as a Technical Supervisor for high complexity testing;
3. OR Doctoral degree in clinical laboratory science or chemical, physical or biological science with 1 year training and experience in high‑complexity testing;
4. OR Master's degree in clinical laboratory science, medical technology or chemical, physical or biological science and 1 year training and experience in high‑complexity testing;
5. OR Bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory science, medical technology or chemical, physical or biological science and 1 year training and experience in high‑complexity testing;
6. OR Associate degree in medical laboratory technology (or pulmonary function) and 2 years laboratory (or blood gas analysis) training or experience, or both, in high complexity testing Refer to the CLIA regulation 42CFR493.1461 for additional qualifications