Lab Team Leader - Microbiology

                    

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Job Title

Lab Team Leader - Microbiology

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

                     

Department

Clinical Microbiology-Main Campus Hospital

                      

Job Code

T2615M

                     

Shift

Nights

                       

Schedule

11:00pm-7:00am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. 

We are looking to add a Team Leader to our Lab team. In this role you will serve as a lead/primary contact to ensure work is completed efficent4ly and safely. You will be part of a supportive caregiver family that will be united in shared values and purpose to fulfill our promise of being the best place to receive care and the best place to work in healthcare. 

 
A caregiver in this position works nights| 8:00pm—4:00am| no call, weekend, or holiday requirements.

 
A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Provide day-to-day supervision or oversight of the laboratory operation. 

• Resolve technical problems in accordance with policies and procedures established either by the Laboratory Director or Technical Supervisor. 

• Monitor test analyses and specimen examinations to ensure that acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained. 

• Maintain competency assessment documentation. 

• Notify Technical Supervisor, Clinical Consultant, or Laboratory Director immediately of detected problems. 

• Perform duties of a Testing Personnel as needed. 

• Perform laboratory testing in a compliant manner. 

• Maintain regulatory knowledge and awareness as it pertains to specific job duties. 

• Assist manager with planning and organizing for the section. 

• Assist with monitoring capital equipment, staffing standards and procedures maintenance, and the development and implementation of contingency plans to avert interruptions of service. 

• Maintain technical quality assurance programs including assuring accurate testing and quality control. 

• Maintain current standards and technical procedures manuals. 

• Assure testing is in accordance with production schedule and variances are identified