Clinical Supervisor

The General Supervisor is responsible for day-to-day supervision or oversight of the laboratory operation and personnel performing testing and reporting test results.

Responsibilities include:

• Must be accessible onsite to testing personnel at all times testing is performed to

provide direct supervision to personnel and consultation to resolve technical problems in accordance with policies and procedures established either by the Laboratory Director or Technical Supervisor.

• Responsible for ensuring that acceptable levels of analytical performance are maintained on a day to day basis. Review quality control (QC) daily and document corrective action taken on any outlier results. Ensure that test results are not reported when QC is outside of acceptable limits.
• Ensures that test results are completed accurately and delivered to providers in a timely manner.
• Responsible for ensuring that no patient results will be reported until all corrective actions have been taken and the test system is properly functioning.
• Responsible for the daily surveillance of QC program; while the formal review is performed at least monthly by a Technical Supervisor.
• Responsible for notifying the clinical research sequencing platform (CRSP) management of problems encountered during the operation of the department.
• Ensure that technical decisions (i.e. changes to control ranges, etc.) are approved by the laboratory director or designee before changes are made.
• Keep the clinical management informed regarding all problems affecting the technical operation of the laboratory.
• Responsible for annual performance reviews/competency testing of testing personnel.
• Responsible for other duties as requested by administration, Technical Supervisor,

and Laboratory Director.

Requirements:

• Degree in Biology or a closely related field
• 1-3 years’ experience working with human samples (or more)
• 1+ year of experience in a clinical lab environment
• 1+ years of supervisory experience
• Strong attention to detail
• Experience with nucleic acid extraction – preferred
• Experience with qPCR – preferred
• Excellent verbal and communication skills

Demonstrated the ability to troubleshoot and good decision-making skills