Histology Supervisor
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
POSITION SUMMARY: Under the general guidance of the Laboratory Director, supervise day-to-day operations of the histology laboratory. Assigns, oversees, and reviews the work of employees including competency and quality indicators of the department. Directs all phases of work, quality, service and costs, and performs test or assays as required.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Supervises the day-to-day operations of the department. This includes:Staff hires, scheduling, development, training and annual appraisals.Develop, review and update all Standard Operation Procedure manualsMonitor workload allocation to ensure compliance with regulations and departmental turnaround time expectationsResponsible for statistical compilation and analysisResponsible for all histology laboratory inspection compliance and regulationsEstablish, implement, enforce and monitor all QC, QA, service, safety and compliance indicators and programsMonitor department budgetParticipation in inventory controlEnsure staff competency and remedial action if/when test systems deviate for acceptable standardsDocumentation and timely completion of special projectsOversee the processing laboratoryTroubleshoot equipment and computer related problemsValidation of methodology and instrumentationOversee laboratory inspectionPerform duties of histotechnician/histotechnologist, as needed
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS: Communicate problems or matters that need attention to the Laboratory DirectorMaintain all competency, workload and discrepancy reportsHave laboratory inspection-readyMaintain all departmental trends and statsEnsure equipment maintenanceMonitor overall laboratory errors including accessioning, data entry, labeling and processingAdminister the successful training of new hiresAttendance at managerial meetingsComplete an accurate documentation of all QC, QA, instrument and safety logs
REQUIREMENTS: BS/BA degree in Histology or other life science5+ years of related experienceASCP board-certified as a histotechnologist is preferred, but not requiredWorking knowledge of state and federal regulations governing laboratoriesUnderstanding and assistance in quality control/quality improvement programs, staining QC, programs/reports
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