Chemistry Clinical Lab Scientist Supervisor

About the role

The role involves supervising employees in a highly technical sub-specialty area, directly overseeing all technical operations of the laboratory, enforcing standard operating procedures and research methods, and ensuring the laboratory meets quality assurance standards. The scope includes chemistry, blood banking, hematology, microbiology, immunology, cytology, histology, pathology, and cytogenetics, potentially including specialized areas like enzyme assay, steroid assay, radioimmunoassay, toxicology, electrophoresis, rheumatology, tissue typing, and virology.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the technical work productivity and accuracy of the department section by maintaining equipment in operational status.
  • Minimize downtime on the unit.
    • Oversees troubleshooting and repair of instrumentation.
    • Makes sure maintenance is performed on schedule by techs and outside vendors.
    • Determines backup methods when primary instrumentation is down within 1-3 hours of initial downtime to ensure turn-around-times are met.
    • Reviews and maintains satisfactory quality control at all times.
  • Aids Senior Supervisor in overseeing contracts and ordering of reagents and controls.
    • Ensures manual workload is recorded.
    • Ensures computer crash procedures are followed.
  • Acts as first consultant for technical problems.
    • Notifies residents and/or medical directors of unusual technical and clinical problems.
    • Ensures laboratory surveys (e.g. CAP) are completed by the staff and answers are submitted by deadline.
    • Reviews clinical lab scientists' work as needed.
    • Completes IRs to document complaints, errors, injuries or variances from standard procedure.
  • Develops competency assessment materials.

  Qualifications

  • Two years of recent experience as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist.
  • Bachelor’s degree in related area.
  • Writing Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Maintains current knowledge of laboratory concepts, new methodologies and advances in the field of specimen processing, automation, and procedures.
  • Knowledge of Clinical Laboratory, medical center, HR and UC policies and processes.
  • Thorough knowledge of all relevant sub-specialty area industry, health and safety, federal, and state regulations.
  • Organizes assigned staff and laboratory operations in an efficient and effective manner.
  • Highly developed personal organizational skills.
  • Knowledge of quality assurance methods and ability to apply principles to design quality systems.
  • Prioritized ability to multi-task and reliably manage multiple projects through from inception to completion on schedule in a complex, challenging environment.
  • Flexible to adjust to constantly changing priorities.
  • Verbal and written communication skills to explain technical clinical specialty concepts, actively listen, persuade, advise, and counsel.
  • Skills to perform data checks using queries, visual review and other appropriate means to verify data accuracy.
  • Skills to evaluate issues and identify solutions within defined procedures and policies.
  • Demonstrated ability to solve problems and suggest solutions through critical thinking process.
  • Interpersonal skills to independently convey information with authority, handle highly sensitive matters and interact with high level contacts from other organizations.

  Preferred Qualifications

  • Five years of recent experience in the Chemistry section of which at least 3 years must have been in a supervisory position.
  • Five years of recent CLS experience in high volume hospital clinical laboratory.
  • Development of assays.
  • Teaching, including orientation and training of employees.
  • Word processing, spreadsheets, and database applications.
  • Recent CLS supervisory experience.
  • Experience in automated equipment/methods in the area of specialty.
  • Licensure in specialty area preferred.

  About UCSF

  The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world’s leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells. Pride Values UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence – also known as our PRIDE values. In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity – both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available here. Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.

  Salary Information

  The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy. Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement. To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html.