Position SummaryThe Supervisor, Molecular Operations are responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Molecular - Solid Tumor laboratory and ensuring the molecular department is meeting all necessary quality guidelines for clinical testing.
Job Responsibilities - Manages/performs all clinical molecular testing.
- Maintains routine molecular equipment maintenance and support logs.
- Train molecular technologists on new techniques.
- Monitor test analysis and specimen examination to ensure acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained.
- Follows the laboratory procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting and maintaining records of patient test results.
- Support compliance to all applicable regulatory and standard requirements (FDA, CLIA, NYS, CAP, ISO, etc.).
- Performs and documents proficiency testing (PT) samples.
- Adheres to the laboratory's quality control policies, documents all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed.
- Follows the laboratory's established policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable level of performance.
- Documents all corrective action taken when a test system deviates from the laboratory's established performance specifications.
- Assists with the tracking, accumulation, and computation of performance metrics.
- Demonstrates the ability to accurately prioritize and triage specimens, handles and disposes of specimens and chemical waste based on the laboratory's procedural manual, and ensures compliance with regulatory agencies.
- Ensures lab has adequate inventories of reagents and supplies.
- Resolves employee relations issues and recommends disciplinary action when required.
- Acts as first point of contact on technical, procedural, and policy questions. Keeps team informed of new processes and general updates.
- Must multi-task and work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Ensure procedures and processes are in place that led to delivery of quality results and continually reassess their effectiveness to achieve continuous improvement.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Shares and receives information and ideas from all levels of the organization in order to achieve the desired results.
- Support and commit to the successful achievement of team and organizational goals through a desire to participate with and help other members of the team.
- Demonstrate a focus on listening to and understanding client/customer needs and then delighting the client/customer by exceeding service and quality expectations.
- Accepts other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in a chemical, biological, clinical or medical laboratory science, or medical technology from an accredited institution.
- 4+ years clinical lab experience, including 2 years of high complexity patient testing, 1 of which is in Molecular Pathology methods.
Preferred Qualifications - Master's degree in a chemical, biological, clinical or medical laboratory science, or medical technology from an accredited institution.
- Previous leadership experience in a clinical laboratory setting.
- Experience with PCR, microarray, fragment analysis, Sanger sequencing, and Next Generation Sequencing preferred.
- CLSp (MB), MB(ASCP) certification preferred.
Physical Demands - Must possess ability to sit, stand, and/or work at a computer for long periods of time.
- May be required to handle and/or may have exposure to blood-borne pathogens, extreme temperatures, high noise levels, fumes and bio-hazardous material/chemicals including formalin in the lab environment.
- Visual acuity and analytical skill to distinguish fine detail. Ability to pass a visual color discrimination test.
- Must possess the ability to perform repetitive motion.
- Ability to lift up to 30 pounds.
Training - All job-specific, safety, and compliance training are assigned based on the job functions associated with this position
Other - At times may be required to work evenings, weekends and/or holidays.
Conditions of Employment: Individual must successfully complete pre-employment process, which includes criminal background check, drug screening, credit check ( applicable for certain positions) and reference verification.
This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
