Lead Clinical Lab Assistant

What You Will Do

• Direct, supervise, and evaluate work activities of Phlebotomy and Central Lab Services staff.
• Establish work schedules and assignments for staff to ensure appropriate shift coverage.
• Enforce all laboratory policies and safety guidelines including evacuation procedures.
• Handle performance evaluations, personnel disciplinary action, and hiring when required in partnership with the Phlebotomy or Central Lab Supervisor.
• Conduct daily staff huddles.
• Update Phlebotomy or Central Lab Supervisor with problems or concerns.
• Ensure laboratory is sufficiently stocked with supplies and equipment is in proper working order.
• Coordinate with Phlebotomy and Central Lab Services management for all shifts.
• Provide performance management for staff.

Quality Assurance

• Act as a primary contact for Care Providers, Laboratory Sections, Client Services, and Couriers.
• Institute computer/tube system downtime procedures and communications.
• Ensure that procedures and methods are performed as defined.
• Provide problem resolution and communication for sample handling, split specimens, specimen retrieval, lost specimens, and specimen requests.
• Track and follow up on any unresolved specimen issues.
• Initiate and participate in intra- and inter-departmental process improvements.

Training

• Oversee technical, CHOP ICARE and Service Standards, and safety training for new employees.
• Provide employee retraining and documentation for errors.
• Cook with departmental leadership to ensure all employees have valid competency documentation.
• Coordinate Phlebotomy and Central Lab Services training for other departments.
• Create and update job aids to provide collection, process, and/or handling education for departmental staff as well as Care Providers and Laboratory Sections as needed.

Phlebotomy and Processing

• Active in specimen collection and processing specimens for both internal laboratories and send-out reference laboratories.
• Aid Phlebotomy and Central Lab Services Supervisors in writing and updating procedures.

Schedule

Monday-Friday, 6:00am-2:30pm
This role may share weekend and holiday coverage on a rotating basis.

Education Qualifications

High School Diploma / GED - Required
Bachelor's Degree healthcare or related field - Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• At least one (1) year clinical lab experience in a pediatric institution - Required
• At least three (3) years clinical laboratory experience - Preferred
• Professional leadership experience - Preferred

Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge: basic biology, basic chemistry, English language, customer service, public safety and security, clerical, education and training, economics and accounting, personnel and human resources, administration and management
• Technology skills: electronic mail software, medical software, Microsoft Office suite, organizational software, document management software
• Other skills: active listening, reading comprehension, critical thinking, speaking, complex problem solving, monitoring, time management, writing, active learning, coordination, judgement and decision making, service orientation, social perceptiveness, instructing, persuasion, management of personnel resources, systems evaluation, negotiation, operations analysis, management of material resources, learning strategies, management of financial resources, learning strategies, management of material resources

Abilities

• oral expression, near vision, problem sensitivity, oral comprehension, written comprehension, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, speech clarity, speech recognition, written expression, information ordering, category flexibility, fluency of ideas, originality

Licenses and Certifications

• Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) - The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) - upon hire - Preferred

EEO / VEVRAA Federal Contractor

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Tobacco Statement

SALARY RANGE: $30.25 - $38.55 Hourly Salary ranges are shown for full-time jobs. If you're working part-time, your pay will be adjusted accordingly. At CHOP, we are committed to fair and transparent pay practices. Factors such as skills and experience could result in an offer above the salary range noted in this job posting. Click here for more information regarding CHOP's Compensation and Benefits.