Night Shift Laboratory Team Lead

Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 69,600 - 106,132; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Retirement savings account contributions

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic is seeking a Team Leader for our Lab team at the Main Campus in Cleveland, Ohio. This role requires supervision of day-to-day laboratory operations, ensuring safety and efficiency in testing while supporting a dedicated caregiver family.

Candidates should have a Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field and 3-5 years of experience in high complexity testing. The position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of clinical laboratory training or experience in high complexity testing.
• Laboratory training or experience can also be met by internship or full-time experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day supervision of laboratory operation.
• Resolve technical problems according to policies.
• Monitor test analyses and ensure acceptable levels of performance.

Skills

Clinical laboratory experience

Leadership

Microbiology

Analytic performance monitoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Medical Technology or related field

Job description

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

We are looking to add a Team Leader to our Lab team. In this role you will serve as a lead/primary contact to ensure work is completed efficent4ly and safely. You will be part of a supportive caregiver family that will be united in shared values and purpose to fulfill our promise of being the best place to receive care and the best place to work in healthcare.

A caregiver in this position works nights| 8:00pm—4:00am| no call, weekend, or holiday requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide day-to-day supervision or oversight of the laboratory operation.
• Resolve technical problems in accordance with policies and procedures established either by the Laboratory Director or Technical Supervisor.
• Monitor test analyses and specimen examinations to ensure that acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained.
• Maintain competency assessment documentation.
• Notify Technical Supervisor, Clinical Consultant, or Laboratory Director immediately of detected problems.
• Perform duties of a Testing Personnel as needed.
• Perform laboratory testing in a compliant manner.
• Maintain regulatory knowledge and awareness as it pertains to specific job duties.
• Assist manager with planning and organizing for the section.
• Assist with monitoring capital equipment, staffing standards and procedures maintenance, and the development and implementation of contingency plans to avert interruptions of service.
• Maintain technical quality assurance programs including assuring accurate testing and quality control.
• Maintain current standards and technical procedures manuals.
• Assure testing is in accordance with production schedule and variances are identified and resolved.
• Ensure timeliness and communicates valuable information to all department and personnel who interact with lab.
  
  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor's Degree in a Chemical, Physical, Biological Clinical Laboratory Science OR Medical Technology from a four-year college or university
• Three to five years of clinical laboratory training or experience, or both, in high complexity testing
• Laboratory training or experience and can be met by any combination of years of clinical laboratory training or experience
  
  

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Three to five years of clinical laboratory training or experience, or both, in high complexity testing. Two years of clinical laboratory leadership role
• Microbiology experience
• MT (ASCP) or ASCP eligible
• Two years of clinical laboratory leadership role
• Clinical laboratory training or experience can be met by:
• Medical technology internship
• Full time experience performing non-waived testing for the required number of years
• Part-time experience performing non-waived testing, with 2080 hours equivalent to one year
  
  

Physical Requirements:

• Visual acuity to study specimens under a microscope.
• The ability to distinguish colors.
• Fine motor skills and manual dexterity to handle specimens and lab equipment required to process specimens and repair equipment.
• May be required to stand for long periods of time.
• Light lifting may be required.
• May be exposed to hazardous chemicals, biohazards, radioactive materials, etc.
  
  

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
  
  

Pay Range

Minimum Annual Salary: $69,600.00

Maximum Annual Salary: $106,132.50

The pay range displayed on this job posting reflects the anticipated range for new hires. A successful candidate’s actual compensation will be determined after taking factors into consideration such as the candidate’s work history, experience, skill set and education. The pay range displayed does not include any applicable pay practices (e.g., shift differentials, overtime, etc.). The pay range does not include the value of Cleveland Clinic’s benefits package (e.g., healthcare, dental and vision benefits, retirement savings account contributions, etc.).