Supervisor Laboratory Services

Dignity Health; Santa Cruz (CA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGBTQ+ Equality recognition

Job summary

Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, California, seeks a Supervisor Laboratory to lead the clinical laboratory department, ensuring compliance with policies and ethics while providing technical and scientific oversight.

You will supervise personnel, manage inventories, verify test procedures, and resolve technical problems to ensure accurate patient results. Strong leadership, regulatory knowledge, and financial/human resources skills are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in biological or chemical sciences as defined by CLIA.
• 4–6 years of experience in a moderate or high complexity laboratory.
• Clinical Lab Scientist: CA (CLS:CA) certification or eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Supervises, coaches, and reviews laboratory personnel and enforces policies/ethics.
• Oversees day-to-day lab operations and personnel decisions.
• Analyzes and interprets laboratory results per established processes.
• Manages laboratory inventories including supplies, equipment, and consumables.
• Selects appropriate test methodologies for clinical use of results.
• Verifies procedures and establishes test performance characteristics and accuracy.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Communication

Financial management

Education

Bachelor's in biological/chemical sciences

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Supervisor Laboratory, you will supervise laboratory personnel and operations to ensure compliance and quality in accordance with laboratory work process, exercising authority over personnel decisions while overseeing the technical and scientific oversight of the clinical laboratory department.

Every day you will analyze and interpret laboratory results, administer laboratory inventories, ensure adherence to policies and ethics, and verify test procedures while resolving technical problems to ensure patient results are accurate and reliable.

To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate strong administrative and leadership qualities, maintain effective communication to influence and support customers, possess extensive knowledge of state and federal regulations to ensure ongoing compliance, and utilize key skills in financial management, human resources, and workflow design.

• Supervises, coaches, and reviews the performance of laboratory personnel to ensure adherence to relevant policies and ethics

• Oversees designated laboratory day-to-day operations and exercises authority over personnel decisions

• Analyzes and interprets laboratory results in accordance with established laboratory work processes

• Administers laboratory inventories such as supplies, equipment and consumables

• Selection of test methodology that is appropriate for the clinical 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

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors Other, in biological or chemical sciences, as defined by CLIA and

• Four (4) to six (6) years experience

• Minimum of five (5) years at a moderate or high complexity laboratory and

• Clinical Lab Scientist: CA (CLS:CA)

Preferred

• One (1) to three (3) years experience as a supervisor or higher

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1941, Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital is a 188-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Cruz, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, orthopedics, and a Family Birthing Center. Additionally, Dominican Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has been awarded the AMA/ASA’s Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to providing the best stroke care.

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Pay Range

$56.89 - $84.63 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.