Laboratory Supervisor

Job Summary

Oversee the daily operation of the department.

Assist with coordinating staff schedules, work assignments, and workload.

Assist with coordinating projects and activities in conjunction with department Manager.

Assist with interviewing, hiring, and training of new personnel.

Supports the Lab Management Team, safety, cGMP and Quality Plan.

Responsibilities

Adheres to current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) guidelines.

Adheres to CUA, AABB, FDA, and other applicable requirements for testing.

Supervise the flow of samples, blood, and blood components through the department from satellite centers, mobile collection vehicles, hospitals, blood banks, and laboratories.

Supervise and adjust, as needed, the work assignments of staff to best meet the needs of the department and operations.

Maintain communication channels between lab areas to ensure a high level of service.

Provide input on departmental policies and procedures.

Responsible for reviewing daily records and reports, and taking the appropriate action based on the available data.

Ability to work with a variety of temperature monitoring systems and effectively deal with equipment situations that arise.

Assist with the employee performance evaluations and rounding for staff.

Conduct counseling, coaching and disciplining of personnel in accordance with current department and organizational policies and procedures.

Assist management by drafting new or revisions to controlled documents.

Assist management with validations and re-qualifications of equipment.

Assist with the roll out of new or updated software.

Keep management apprised of any situations or circumstances that arise that could have a negative impact on the department or organization's operation.

Finalize investigation, evaluation, CAPA and final review for quality and error events.

Perform supervisory evaluation of QIRs.

Oversee Q&D process for lab.

Assist with department staff meetings and attend other meetings as assigned.

Enhance professional growth and development of staff and self.

Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

Additional Job Accountabilities :

Perform daily QIR and QD activity for department.

Coordinate daily patient case work load and prioritization.

Assist Management with the Laboratory quality control, maintenance and validation processes.

Assist Management with controlled document writing, staff scheduling, and equipment and process validations.

Assist Management with staff training and competency.

Assist with all CLS reviews required for the department

Qualifications

Advanced level of understanding of the technical aspects of the lab department, blood banking concepts, component manufacturing, and cGMP regulations.

Knowledge and application of standards and regulations that apply to blood banking (FDA, AABB, OSHA, SOS, and others as needed).

Must be keenly detail-oriented, well-organized, self-motivated, flexible and capable of independent work with changing priorities, and display good time management skills.

Must be able to direct workflow and perform advanced troubleshooting of scientifically technical problems.

Education :

Bachelor of Science required

Experience :

Minimum 2 years in blood bank related fields to include leadership experience (laboratory, supervisory and/or regulatory) and IRL experience, if applicable to department.

Certifications/Licenses :

MLS(ASCP)Cm / MT(ASCP) or equivalent experience

California Clinical Laboratory Scientist License (CLS) required

Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB) or equivalent, preferred