Principal Scientist Histocompatibility Lab

Responsibilities

• Clinical and Scientific Leadership
• Reviews clinical cases and provides clinical consultation when deemed competent (including on-call).
• Stays current with and contributes to best clinical practices in histocompatibility and transplantation, serving as an expert resource for the lab.
• Identifies new technologies and/or tests that will add value to customers and patients, and participates in their development, validation, and/or operational implementation.
• Achieves professional certifications [F(ACHI), ASHI, etc.] at completion of training period.
• Product Development and New Test Implementation
• Identifies, evaluates, and implements opportunities for new or improved laboratory tests.
• Assists with validation planning, execution and summary as needed.
• Under guidance of Senior Director, helps monitor performance of newly introduced tests and methods.
• Laboratory Operations
• Demonstrates partnership and collaboration with operational management through participation and discussion, and alignment with organizational/team goals and decisions.
• Functions as a productive member of the laboratory leadership and director teams.
• PARTNERS EFFECTIVELY WITH THE DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY DEVELOPMENT (AD) TEAM AND CONTRIBUTES TO INNOVATION EFFORTS.
• SERVES AS A TECHNICAL RESOURCE TO THE LABORATORIES FOR PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT.
• Regulatory Responsibility & Quality Assurance
• When deemed competent, responsible for performing technical supervisor responsibilities per Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) ’88 regulations and as delegated per the Senior Director.
• Responsible for helping to ensure laboratories meet all applicable standards (ASHI, CAP, NY, etc.).
• Participates in developing and executing quality systems for laboratory operations, ensures that QC (quality control) and safety procedures are managed effectively.
• Participates in test performance and QA (quality assurance) program review.
• Helps ensure successful participation in proficiency testing.
• Customer Service
• Develops and maintains relationships with customers; solicits and communicates customer needs and issues to laboratory operations and ensures they are addressed.
• Provides expert consultation and interpretation to customers in a timely manner.
• Promotes interdepartmental cooperation and respect through effective communication and problem solving.
• Provides educational lectures locally and nationally on request.
• Shares in the responsibility of training residents, fellows, SBB students & other visitors to the lab.
• Planning
• Contributes to operational plans which support the organizational strategic direction.
• Helps ensure current standards and emerging concepts are incorporated into annual planning.
• Continuous Improvement Culture
• Champions continuous improvement to create customer value more efficiently and effectively.
• Financial Management
• Develops a general understanding of laboratory financials (budgets, etc.).
• Participates in the financial analysis of new opportunities.
• Leadership
• Participates as an effective member of the Diagnostic Laboratories scientific team.
• Communicates effectively with staff, management, and customers.
• Manages change constructively.
• Human Resource Management
• SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES A CULTURE OF OPEN, PRODUCTIVE COMMUNICATION AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE LABORATORIES.
• RESPONSIBLE FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND LEADERSHIP, TO INCLUDE, ONGOING LEARNING, AND DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL AND DEPARTMENTAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO MEET BUSINESS UNIT INITIATIVES.

Qualifications

• Education
• Medical degree (M.D. or D.O.) with board certification in clinical or combined anatomic/clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology or the American Osteopathic Board of Pathology, required.
• PhD in a chemical, biological, clinical or medical laboratory science or medical technology from an accredited institution, required.
• PhD only candidates must be ACHI Laboratory Director board eligible based on education and training or experience in immunology, histocompatibility, immunogenetics or a related field as outlined in the current edition of the ACHI Candidate Handbook. required.
• PhD only candidates must also meet current CLIA education requirements for a high complexity laboratory director and current ASHI DTRC (Director Training, Review and Credentialing committee) requirements for all DIT (Director-In-Training) candidates as outlined in the most current ASHI standards. required.
• Experience
• Minimum of 2 years’ post-doctoral training or experience in immunology, histocompatibility, immunogenetics or a related field as required to meet current CLIA educational requirements as well as ASHI and ACHI DIT credentialing guidelines. required.