Lab Operations Lead: Quality & Compliance

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 56,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is seeking a Laboratory Technical Coordinator to lead clinical laboratory operations across sections, ensuring quality and compliance. You will coach staff, interpret results, manage inventory, and help select test methodologies to support accurate patient diagnoses.

This role emphasizes staff training, competency evaluation, and robust quality control programs, with responsibilities spanning daily operations, policy adherence, and critical decision-making in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in a chemical or biological science as defined by CLIA or equivalent on hire.
• 2 years of clinical lab experience in a designated specialty area.
• Certifications such as ASCP-IMLS, CLS, CLT, MB, MLS or MT/MLS are preferred on hire.

Responsibilities

• Coaches laboratory personnel to train for adherence to policies and ethics
• Oversees most laboratory day-to-day operations and exercises authority over operational decisions
• Analyzes and interprets laboratory results in accordance with established laboratory work processes
• Administers laboratory inventories such as supplies, equipment and consumables
• Assists with selection of test methodology that is appropriate for the laboratory use of the test results
• Verification of the test procedures performed and establishment of the laboratory's test performance characteristics, including the precision and accuracy of each test and test system

Skills

Leadership

Quality control

Data analysis

Training

Policy adherence

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in chemical or biological science (CLIA defined)

Job description

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is seeking a Laboratory Technical Coordinator to lead clinical laboratory operations across sections, ensuring quality and compliance. You will coach staff, interpret results, manage inventory, and help select test methodologies to support accurate patient diagnoses.

This role emphasizes staff training, competency evaluation, and robust quality control programs, with responsibilities spanning daily operations, policy adherence, and critical decision-making in a