Lab Supervisor

About the role

This position supervises laboratory personnel engaged in performing routine and specialized technical procedures. It involves planning daily lab operations, evaluating work performed, assisting in troubleshooting, and providing direction in handling procedural and technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Plans the daily lab operations, evaluates work performed, assists in troubleshooting and provides direction in handling procedural and technical problems.
• Develops appropriate work schedules for employees and plans daily work assignments in order to maintain adequate staffing, minimize overtime, and meet customer service needs.
• Under the guidance of the section Medical director, develops and implements department specific processes/procedures and quality control programs to ensure reliability of testing procedures, proper function of laboratory equipment, and compliance to safety/health and state/federal/licensing regulations.
• Ensures section compliance with all applicable regulations and guidelines (CAP, JCAHO, state, federal and SHC).
• Collaborates with section Medical Director and Manager to develop and implement policies/procedures and quality measures to provide uninterrupted laboratory services.
• Oversees the validation and implementation of new laboratory assays and equipment.
• Maintains and evaluates equipment, systems and supplies to ensure operational efficiency, reliability of results and adequate inventory.
• Performs all human resource management responsibilities, with support from operations manager, such as conducting employee performance appraisals, transfers, interviews, hiring, onboarding, disciplining, and termination of employees.
• Oversees training of staff and competency assessment.
• Develops training material and competency documents as needed.
• Maintains payroll to ensure accurate pay period statistics.
• Prepares technical reports reflecting department process volume, testing results, analysis, trends, conclusions or recommendations for management and other hospital personnel.
• Performs bench testing during staffing shortages to maintain expected patient care standards.
• Serves as a liaison between the laboratory and the clinical departments.
• Oversees storage of documents, materials (blocks, slides), transcription and dictation, and legal and research activities, where applicable.
• Reviews workload statistics and KPIs to ensure quality targets are met.
• Completes QA reports and addresses SAFE/iCARE events.
• Led or participates in Quality Improvement projects.
• Responsible for QA and QC, including review of testing results to ensure accuracy and precision.
• Manages inventory.
• Responsible for reconciling labor and supply variances with manager.
• Responsible for reviewing and staying within budget.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university.
• A baccalaureate degree in an accredited college/university including courses in biological science, chemistry and mathematics and successful completion of one year MLS training program preferred.
• Four (4) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to analyze data, draw conclusions and interpret results.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to develop financial budgets and manage expenses.
• Ability to plan, organize, develop tactical plans, set priorities and adapt to priority changes.
• Ability to solve technical and non-technical problems and identify solutions.
• Ability to supervise, coach, mentor, train, and evaluate work results.
• Ability to effectively supervise, coach, mentor, train, and evaluate work results.
• Ability to foster effective working relationships with others in a team environment.
• Knowledge of laboratory controls, methods, procedures and regulations.
• Knowledge of mathematics, general science, and laboratory techniques.
• Knowledge of infection prevention policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of new technologies (in specific field) and maintain and stay abreast of updates and changes.
• Skill in solving technical and non-technical problems.

Benefits

Stanford Health Care offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Health Insurance
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Parental Leave
• Volunteer Time Off
• Professional Development Opportunities

Pay

The base pay scale for this role generally starts at $66.52 - $88.14 per hour. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training.

Schedule

This is a Full-time Day position with an 08-hour shift.