Lab Supervisor (Full Time)

About the role

Schweiger is one of the leading dermatology practices in the country with over 580+ healthcare providers and over 170+ offices in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, and California. Schweiger provides medical, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology and allergy services with over 2.5 million patient visits annually. Our mission is to create the Ultimate Patient Experience and a great working environment for our providers, support staff and all team members. Schweiger has been included in the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America list for seven consecutive years. Schweiger has also received Great Place to Work certification. To learn more, click here.

Responsibilities

• Lab Supervisor/Anatomic Pathology responsibilities for microscopic tissue slides for diagnostic purposes; performs tissue stains to assist in diagnosis; handles specimen grossing; maintains laboratory and equipment.
• Facilitates team processes by working in collaboration with team members to ensure that task priorities, goals and achievements are completed and coordination with management.
• Responsible for all aspects of operation in the histology area including preparation and maintenance of records, reports, analysis of testing methodologies, training, instrumentation, and compliance.
• Planning of day-to-day workload by setting the work pace, coordinating work assignments, identifying and solving problems and defining appropriate completion times.
• Distributes and balances workloads and tasks (including both Histotechs and Lab aides) among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level and/or occupational specialties, making adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely accomplishments of assigned team tasks and ensuring that each employee has an integral role in developing the final team product.
• Filing blocks, slides, and requisitions.
• Accessioning and typing.
• Supply inventory management.
• Scheduling coverage for subsections within the work unit, adjusting their schedule in lieu of techs on day and annual leave as needed.
• Supervising and communicating with shifts and handling customer service at anytime – 24/7 (even if not physically in the laboratory).
• Creating and maintaining policies and procedures if any changes are required.
• Supervising all customer service in the laboratory.
• Cooking with the laboratory courier service and resolving any issues or emergencies that arise with specimen pick-ups.
• Troubleshooting IT, IT interface and equipment.
• Coordinating with reference laboratories and troubleshooting issues.
• Specific Duties Include Accessioning, typing, specimen send outs and TC component send outs.
• Performing Grossing, Embedding, Microtomy and Staining.
• Accurate and timely preparation and staining of histology specimen.
• Using standard aseptic procedure and safeguards.
• IHC and Special Stains.
• Controlling contaminated specimen.
• Preparing slides.
• Controlling waste management.
• Maintaining accurate records for quality control, quality assurance and patient data.
• EMR-LIS related integration and solving troubleshooting.
• Aid office level customer service for pathology related issues.
• Following OSHA, HIPAA and CLIA guidelines.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience required.
• Knowledge of programming and operation of general laboratory and automated JHC.
• Research skills.
• Interpersonal/human relations skills.
• Ability to operate personal computer.
• Ability to approach problems/decisions analytically.
• Ability to maintain records.
• Ability to use microscope/cryostat, tissue processors, and stainers.
• Ability/willingness to adhere to the established departmental service standards.

Pay

• Hourly Pay Range: $38.04 - $47.55