Lab Supervisor - Microbiology Lab

About Our Company

We’re a physician‑led, patient‑centric network committed to simplifying health care and bringing a more connected kind of care.

Our primary, multispecialty, and urgent care providers serve millions of patients in traditional practices, patients' homes and virtually through Village

MD and our operating companies Village Medical, Village Medical at Home, Summit Health, CityMD, and Starling Physicians.

When you join our team, you become part of a compassionate community of people who work hard every day to make health care better for all. We are innovating value‑based care and leveraging integrated applications, population insights and staffing expertise to ensure all patients have access to high‑quality, connected care services that provide better outcomes at a reduced total cost of care.

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Status:
Full Time - benefit eligible

Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 7am - 3:30pm (with weekends as needed)

• Supervises staff and coordinates daily workflow.
• Is knowledgeable of and can perform generalist duties of the Medical Laboratory Technician/Technologist, and Clinical Lab Scientist.
• Oversees inventory tracking to prevent overages and shortages. Assumes assessment of inventory in technologists' absence and approves orders for processing.
• Ensures clean and orderly laboratory area and ensures areas are stocked with necessary supplies.
• Oversees specimen testing using sound judgment and evaluation.
• Troubleshoots specimen problems with office and lab staff.
• Oversees proficiency testing in a manner and time frame that is consistent with established laboratory practice. Responsible for on‑time submission of proficiency testing.
• Oversees standard quality control practices to ensure reliable testing and proper regulatory compliance. Reviews quality controls on a weekly and prints it on a monthly basis. Submits all electronic QC files on a monthly basis.
• Oversees quality control lot number correlation studies.
• Ensures that daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly instrument maintenance is performed by technicians.
• Performs, or assigns to staff, R&D evaluations for new laboratory testing to increase laboratory revenues.
• Shares responsibility for integrity of Laboratory Information System with lab manager and LIS Systems Analyst.
• Oversees POC testing and proficiency testing in satellite offices.
• Approves Reference Lab results in Orchard.
• Prepares monthly schedule for technologists, ensuring adequate coverage, reducing overtime, and maintaining 3% budget variance.
• Adapts schedule to meet emergency staffing needs as well as being accessible during off‑hours to assess problems and troubleshooting.
• Assists laboratory manager with the development of annual goals and objectives in accordance with the strategic plan.
• Ensures that staff are trained and signed off in areas of competency before being assigned to work independently.
• Evaluates and conducts with manager, semi‑annual performance appraisals with staff members and three‑month introductory appraisals with new employees.
• Schedules and conducts monthly staff meetings with technologists.
• Oversees specimen processing and shipping of Clinical Trial Samples.
• Conducts disciplinary action according to policy as appropriate. Assists manager with hiring and termination decisions.
• Supervises departmental computer downtime procedures.
• Attains goals within prescribed time frame.

• Gives orientation lecture to new hires as requested.
• Attends meetings in place of manager as requested.
• Other job duties as required.

• Physical mobility, which includes movement from place to place on the job, taking distance and speed into account.
• Endurance (e.g., continuous typing, prolonged standing/bending, walking)

• Chemicals, Chemotherapy and Fumes
• Sharps
• Latex
• Combative Patients / Visitors

• Exposure to infectious hazards, blood, body fluids, non‑intact skin, or tissue specimens.
• Contact with patients or patient specimens is possible.
• Unplanned or unexpected exposure.