The Department of Pathology is seeking a Medical Laboratory Scientist Supervisor to ensure the smooth, efficient operation of a clinical laboratory unit or shift. Performs clinical laboratory analyses on biological specimens to provide information used in the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of disease. Many of the procedures involve numerous highly complex tests and techniques that require the use of professional judgment. This position will have responsibility for leading other laboratory professionals and continuously interacting and consulting with section management and other allied health care professionals.
This position can be filled at either 90 or 100%. 20-24 hours must be worked on Saturday and Sunday. Remaining hours can be completed during the week. Applicants should come prepared to present a suitable schedule to the interview team.
Duties to include:
· Serves as a primary in-house supervisory staff member for the Core Laboratory during weekend shifts; also serves as the initial in-house leadership contact for the Department of Pathology on those weekend shifts. Uses appropriate judgement to resolve issues within span of control; for issues outside span of control demonstrates appropriate judgement in either communicating issues for further follow up on next business day or escalates critical or urgent issues for immediate follow up.
· Escalates problems or operational issues as necessary.
· Communicate project statuses to appropriate others and manages customer expectations effectively.
· Perform quantitative and qualitative analyses on clinical and research specimens.
· Communicate and disseminate general information and policy or procedure changes to unit/shift personnel.
· Other duties as assigned.
For a full job description, please send an e-mail to the contact listed below.
The Department of Pathology is part of UI Health Care, a comprehensive health sciences center that serves Iowa and the region, as well as patients referred from the United States and overseas. The Clinical Laboratories are well recognized for providing outstanding and comprehensive care to the patients we serve. The breadth and depth of services provided are amongst the best in the country. The educational programs that the department participates in includes medical students, clinical laboratory scientists as well as biomedical scientists. To learn more: https://pathology.medicine.uiowa.edu/about-us
Required Qualifications:
· A Bachelor’s degree in a chemical, biological, clinical laboratory science or medical technology program from an accredited college/university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
· One (1) – three (3) years clinical laboratory experience within the past five (5) years is required.
· One (1) – three (3) years of experience with high complexity testing is required for any position that will oversee a unit which performs high complexity testing.
· **Certification as Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), or specialist certification in appropriate laboratory discipline from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or certification as a Medical Technologist (MT) from Health Education and Welfare (HEW) is required.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
· Demonstrated leadership abilities and skills shown by successfully leading teams/groups in projects, work assignments, policy updates, etc. is required.
Desirable Qualifications:
· Experience with validation and implementation of new testing or instruments.
· Experience with laboratory inspection and accreditation activities.
· Experience working in an academic health center.
· Knowledge of and applied experience working with collective bargaining work rules.
· Experience developing and delivering laboratory sciences-based technical training.
· Experience working with total laboratory automation.
· Experience working with middleware.
· System to instrument interface experience.
· Excellent documentation skills.
Position and Application details:
In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the following documents and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission:
· Resume
· Cover Letter
Job openings are posted for a minimum of 7 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.
Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any criminal conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization.
For additional questions, please contact Brenda Carey at brenda-carey@uiowa.edu.
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