Manager - Hematopathology & Flow Cytometry

Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry and/or Medical Technology. (Required)

Minimum Work Experience
3 years - laboratory histology or flow cytometry experience (Required)
5 years - laboratory management experience preferred (Preferred)

Required Skills/Knowledge
Good interpersonal and communication skills important. Knowledge and skills related to LIS desirable.

Functional Accountabilities
Grow

• Encourage and share new ways of making the right work easier to do

• Recognize and share incremental improvements in operations

• Promote the success of organizational and department initiatives by clearly aligning programs to the mission

Work Coordination

• Perform waived, moderate, and high-complexity testing as ordered.

• Understand, and can perform multi-parameter flow cytometry analysis, acquisition, and results reporting.

• Correlate tests results with other data as necessary.

Regulatory Standards and Quality of Service

• Research, develop, validate, and implement new hematopathology assays with associated technologies and platforms required for testing.

• Perform preventive maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, in accordance with all applicable policies and procedures.

• Document discrepancies with appropriate remedial action.

• Ensure compliance with external regulatory and licensing agencies.

• Provides validation reviews, and training for the validation preparations.

• Develop and implement result reporting policies and procedures.

• Monitor & evaluate quality control & quality assurance programs.

• Review results, worksheets, and other data/information for accuracy and completeness.

Department Operations

• Recognize unexpected test discrepancies, and analyze causes.

• Evaluate new procedures, instruments and/or assays for use in flow cytometric analyses.

• Provide direct technical supervision to personnel assigned to hematopathology.

• Ensure highest quality service to clinicians, and faculty.

• Proactively update education, pursues newest techniques, and technologies.

• Assist in presenting information and provide training to laboratory personnel.