Lab Team Leader - Microbiology

About the role

We are seeking a Lab Team Leader – Microbiology to join our dedicated team at Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus. This role involves supervising laboratory operations, resolving technical issues, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day supervision or oversight of the laboratory operation.
• Resolve technical problems in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Maintain competency assessment documentation.
• Notify supervisors of detected problems.
• Perform duties of a Testing Personnel as needed.
• Perform laboratory testing in a compliant manner.
• Maintain regulatory knowledge and awareness.
• Assist with planning and organizing for the section.
• Assist with monitoring capital equipment, staffing standards, and procedures maintenance.
• Maintain technical quality assurance programs.
• Maintain current standards and technical procedures manuals.
• Assure testing is in accordance with production schedule and variances are identified and resolved.
• Ensure timeliness and communicate valuable information to all department and personnel.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a Chemical, Physical, Biological Clinical Laboratory Science OR Medical Technology from a four-year college or university.
• Three to five years of clinical laboratory training or experience, or both, in high complexity testing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three to five years of clinical laboratory training or experience, or both, in high complexity testing.
• Two years of clinical laboratory leadership role.
• Microbiology experience.
• MT (ASCP) or ASCP eligible.

Skills

• Ability to handle specimens and lab equipment.
• Visual acuity to study specimens under a microscope.
• The ability to distinguish colors.
• Light lifting may be required.
• Exposure to hazardous chemicals, biohazards, radioactive materials, etc.

Benefits

• Health Plan Options – EHP and EHP Plus.
• Dental Care – Four plan options.
• Vision Care – Two plan options.
• Flexible Spending Accounts – Healthcare and Dependent Care FSAs.
• Life Insurance – Employer-paid life insurance equals 1x your annual salary with an option to purchase supplemental life insurance up to 10x your salary.
• Short- and Long-term Disability Coverage.
• Cleveland Clinic Investment Pension Plan.
• 401(k) / 403(b) Plan.
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Caregiver discounts.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee Hardship Fund.
• Paid maternity and parental leave.

Pay

Minimum Annual Salary: $69,600.00 Maximum Annual Salary: $106,132.50

Schedule

Full Time Shift: Nights

Physical Requirements

• Visual acuity to study specimens under a microscope.
• The ability to distinguish colors.
• Fine motor skills and manual dexterity to handle specimens and lab equipment required to process specimens and repair equipment.
• May be required to stand for long periods of time.
• Light lifting may be required.
• May be exposed to hazardous chemicals, biohazards, radioactive materials, etc.

Personal Protective Equipment

Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

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