Lead Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Saturday-Monday 6pm-6:30am

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Position Overview

The Lead Clinical Laboratory Scientist provides leadership support to the technical lab staff. This role is responsible for being the workflow and troubleshooting point person in the technical lab, coordinating and conducting day-to-day activities in the laboratory to ensure timely and accurate testing. The Lead Clinical Laboratory Scientist works directly with the Clinical Laboratory Supervisor to anticipate and resolve issues related to efficiencies in throughput, staffing, and laboratory processes. This role is also responsible for verifying result release and pending list management and investigation. The Lead Clinical Laboratory Scientist is expected to spend approximately half of their time performing laboratory testing on the bench.

Essential Duties (include but are not limited to):

• Perform highly complex analytic processes and decision making without direct supervision. 
• Utilize routine and specialized automated and non-automated laboratory procedures and/or techniques after completing training and demonstrating competency according to established lab section operating procedures.
• Identify errors and problems impacting test results, assist in troubleshooting instrument malfunction(s), and may assist service and support in performing preventive and corrective maintenance and repairs on laboratory equipment.
• Complete and document required maintenance activities on equipment, recognize and escalate potential issues to the team members responsible.
• Perform quality control procedures as specified and maintain quality control records and documentation necessary to meet the standards of accrediting agencies.
• Prioritize adherence to the acceptability, handling, and transport guidelines required for maintaining specimen integrity.
• Conduct new employee interviews and participate in the hiring decision process as assigned.
• Validate acceptability of test results by review of quality control and all other test parameters.
• Evaluate and calculate quality control statistics to assess accuracy, reproducibility, and validity of current laboratory methods.
• Monitor quality assurance and assist in data collection and preparation of quality assurance indicators.
• Perform internal and external proficiency testing and handle proficiency testing.
• Understand and assist with Quality Control items by performing lot to lot and analyzer to analyzer testing.
• Comply with all safety and hazard regulations as outlined in the Clinical Laboratory Safety Manual.
• Observe and demonstrate principles of data security and patient confidentiality. 
• Maintain ethical standards in the performance of testing and in interactions with patients, co-workers, and other health care professionals.
• Prioritize testing and resource allocation based on priority of request, workload, and testing schedules to meet turn-around times and production goals.
• Resolve and document resolution  results which fail lab quality control criteria and institutes corrective action.
• Evaluate instrument/method failure and determine when back-up methods must be initiated.
• Respond to technical questions of laboratory staff and other stakeholder requests in a professional and timely manner.
• Assist with knowledge transfer and communication of changes regarding laboratory procedures, processes, and policies.
• Contribute to design, research, review and writing of laboratory procedures, suggesting cost-effective changes where possible. 
• Remain informed and assist with implementation of procedure updates and changes; ensuring employees demonstrate knowledge and competency regarding changes.
• Act as the primary contact for laboratory staff  for technical and administrative resource needs.
• Review daily reports. Assess laboratory testing for accuracy, perform data entry and provide appropriate explanatory or interpretive information as needed.
• Demonstrate and maintain effective communication with internal employees, managers, customers and cross-functional teams.   
• Demonstrate professional demeanor, in personal appearance and behavior, in all work-related interactions inside and outside of the laboratory.
• Demonstrate adaptability by embracing changes in the laboratory with a positive attitude.
• Provide input for modification of laboratory procedures, policies, and test/employee scheduling.