Specialty Laboratory Supervisor - Microbiology - Mount Sinai Hospital - Full Time/Nights

Strength Through Diversity

Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal.

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

 
The Specialty Laboratory Supervisor is responsible for oversight of day-to-day laboratory operations and supervision of subordinate personnel, data collection, preparation and presentation of quality control/assurance reports, review of test results, resolution of issues, problems, and/or complaints. Ensures quality service levels from all shifts, continuing laboratory accreditation by all accrediting/licensing agencies, processes administrative and financial transactions, etc.
 

• Provides Quality Control Measures for test procedures; reviews and documents results; implements corrective action(s) when tolerance limits are exceeded; ensures specimen integrity from point of receipt and accessioning through filing/archival; ensures compliance with standards and regulations of accrediting and government agencies.
• Evaluates and updates laboratory procedures and methodologies, ensuring compliance with regulatory authorities and consistency with internal documentation requirements.
• Supervises the work and daily operations of the Laboratory employees to ensure adherence to quality standards, deadlines, and proper procedures.
• Resolves day-to-day operational problems related to system, personnel and equipment performance.
• Prioritizes work when equipment fails and short staffing occurs; may perform duties of subordinate employees during equipment failure and/or shortage of staffing and/or on an as needed basis.
• Participate in recruitment and interview of new employees and provide effective recommendation for hiring and firing; evaluate competency and performance of personnel, recommend disciplinary actions promotions.
• Teaches new employees, trainees, medical students, residents and fellows on various laboratory techniques.
• Advises and orients staff on policies and procedures as well as quality control measures for test procedures.
• Ensures compliance with standards and regulations of accrediting and government agencies.
• Apprises management of problems beyond the scope of own knowledge and expertise.
• Organizes and provides direction to in-service meetings and continuing education seminars.
• Maintains adequate inventory of laboratory supplies and reagents.
• Provides recommendations regarding capital equipment acquisition.

 

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in sciences or related field required
• Masters of Science in Laboratory Sciences preferred
• NYS Clinical Laboratory Technologist License required
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in laboratory setting required

 

Strength Through Diversity

 

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity and inclusion is a driver for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. Yet we’re as diverse as the city we call home- culturally, ethically, in outlook and lifestyle. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education and advancement as we revolutionize healthcare delivery together.

 

We work hard to recruit and retain the best people, and to create a welcoming, nurturing work environment where you have the opportunity and support to develop professionally. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, have an impact on quality patient care. 

 

Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our story! 

 

Who We Are

 

Over 38,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.

 

Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospitals, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai Morningside ( Formerly St Luke’s), and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

 

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. 

 

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Strength Through Diversity

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