HLA Laboratory Director-in-Training Fellow

Medical University of South Carolina; South Carolina; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Medical University of South Carolina seeks a doctoral-level trainee for a structured HLA Laboratory Director-in-Training Fellowship in the HLA and Tissue Typing Laboratory. The program provides supervised clinical, technical, quality, regulatory, consultative, and leadership experience and supports preparation for ACHI Laboratory Director certification.

The fellow will train in a high-complexity academic laboratory supporting adult and pediatric solid-organ transplantation, hematopoietic

Qualifications

• MD/DO or doctoral degree meeting ACHI/CLIA high-complexity director requirements.
• Background in immunology, immunogenetics, histocompatibility, transplantation, pathology, molecular diagnostics, or related field.
• Eligibility for MUSC employment and SC medical licensure; ability to participate in supervised evening/weekend/holiday consultations.

Responsibilities

• Clinical interpretation of HLA typing, antibody identification, donor-specific antibodies, crossmatches, chimerism, and transplant-risk consultations under supervision.
• Gain experience with serologic and molecular methods, single-antigen bead assays, flow cytometry, high-resolution typing/NGS, validation, troubleshooting, and reporting.
• Participate in proficiency testing, competency, document control, occurrence management, and inspection readiness within CLIA/CMS, ASHI, CAP, OPTN/UNOS, NMDP, and FACT systems.
• Develop experience in policy, personnel and workflow management, budgeting, inventory, strategic planning, quality review, and communication with transplant programs.
• Teach staff and learners and complete mentored quality-improvement, clinical, informatics, or translational project for presentation/publication.
• Maintain contemporaneous records of competencies, cases, consultations, rotations, evaluations, and supervisory experience.

Education

MD, DO, or earned doctoral degree

Job description

The Medical University of South Carolina seeks a doctoral-level trainee for a structured HLA Laboratory Director-in-Training Fellowship in the HLA and Tissue Typing Laboratory. The program provides supervised clinical, technical, quality, regulatory, consultative, and leadership experience and supports preparation for ACHI Laboratory Director certification.

The fellow will train in a high-complexity academic laboratory supporting adult and pediatric solid-organ transplantation, hematopoietic