Team Leader, Lab Services

St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System is seeking a laboratory shift supervisor responsible for quality and quantity of the shift, organizing department workload and staff to meet daily goals.

Requires national certification and ASCP registry eligibility with 3–5 years of experience. The role includes training new personnel, evaluating staff, and maintaining quality control across automated and non-automated testing, while staying current with technology trends and directing potential service

Qualifications

• 3-5 Years - Required
• National Certification - Required
• Currently registered or registry eligible by the Board of Registry of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Organizes daily workload and personnel to achieve acceptable quality standards, recognizing weak areas and implementing appropriate additions to training.
• Performs, delegates and documents training of each new co-workers through formal orientation program and on-going competency assessment. Perform evaluation of supervised co-workers and conduct ongoing reviews.
• Provides director approved written procedures as needed and according to standards set by regulatory agencies.
• Processes patient specimens, properly documenting identification of each specimen processed so that the correct results are available to the clinician.
• Demonstrates ability to coordinate simultaneous tests/procedures with complete accuracy. Performs laboratory testing utilizing non-automated and automated, computerized equipment.
• Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement monitoring and evaluation as requested. Reviews and monitors to assess and identify on-going problems so that effective resolutions can occur.
• Recommends, implements and documents reagent, equipment, and instrument quality control in accordance with applicable guidelines of regulatory agencies.
• Keeps abreast of physician ordering trends and changes in instrumentation or technologies in order to recommend implementation of additional services.
• Correlates abnormal laboratory results with pathologic and physiologic stats to determine validity and reasonableness of data.
• Recognizes unexpected results, errors and problems with patient tests.
• Performs analytical and decision making functions without direct supervision.

Skills

Laboratory supervision

Staff training

Quality control

Turnaround time management

Instrument troubleshooting

Job description

Is accountable for the operation (quality and quantity) of the shift supervised. Organizes the department workload daily through the assignment of duties to technologists and technicians in such a manner as to achieve daily goals. Knowledgeable of laboratory test procedures with defined automated procedures, calculations and/or indicators that are age dependent. Supervises and performs testing procedures on adults, children, adolescents, neonate and geriatric patients. Responsible for training personnel. Must stay abreast of advancements in his/her field. Is responsible for recognizing and implementing additional services to his/her department through collaboration with the Director, as trends in technology, instrumentation and physician ordering patterns suggest the need. Must set goals and objectives for the shift. Evaluates supervised personnel. Assumes responsibility of Director and Operations Manager in their absence.

Experience

3-5 Years - Required

License & Certification

National Certification - Required

Currently registered or registry eligible by the Board of Registry of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists or equivalent.

Core Job Functions

• Organizes daily workload and personnel to achieve acceptable quality standards, recognizing weak areas and implementing appropriate additions to training. Monitors turn-around times of specimens and deliveries to testing locations. Adapts readily to changes in workload and stressful situations, demonstrating confident and supportive behavior.
• Perform, delegates and documents training of each new co-workers through formal orientation program and on-going competency assessment. Perform evaluation of supervised co-workers and conduct ongoing reviews. Provides director approved written procedures as needed and according to standards set by regulatory agencies.
• Processes patient specimens, properly documenting identification of each specimen processed so that the correct results are available to the clinician. Demonstrates the ability to coordinate simultaneous tests/procedures with complete accuracy. Performs laboratory testing utilizing non-automated and automated, computerized equipment.
• Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement monitoring and evaluation as requested. Reviews and monitors to assess and identify on-going problems so that effective resolutions can occur. Notifies Operations Manager of on-going problems, and provides suggestions and solutions to problems.
• Recommends, implements and documents reagent, equipment, and instrument quality control in accordance with applicable guidelines of regulatory agencies. Competently performs or delegates performance of routine troubleshooting on instruments in supervised department/on supervised shift requesting service assistance from appropriate company . Keeps abreast of physician ordering trends and changes in instrumentation or technologies in order to recommend implementation of additional services.
• Correlates abnormal laboratory results with pathologic and physiologic stats to determine validity and reasonableness of data. Recognizes unexpected results, errors and problems with patient tests. Performs analytical and decision making functions without direct supervision.