Laboratory Supervisor

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Provides overall direction, communication, and oversight to teammates regarding workflow of departmental tasks or assignments to ensure effective implementation and performance:

• Ensures teammate adherence to procedures and quality assurance requirements;

• Participates and/or leads in the development of and compliance with all departmental policies and procedures for performance and quality assurance

• Serves as a resource to teammates, providing oversight and support to training and competency program

• Monitors performance to established targets, goals or metric

• Identifies opportunities for process improvement within the department and between lab business lanes for efficiencies

Provide leadership to direct reports by:

• Facilitating the resolution of organizational obstacles encountered

• Knowing, understanding, implementing, following, and communicating to teammates DaVita’s employment policies and procedures; awards and other opportunities within company; and fostering a positive work environment

• Assisting in teammate development (PDRs, coaching, mentoring, DaVita training, outside training); collaborating with direct reports to create professional development goals

• Manages teammates employment activity such as hiring, promoting, job performance, evaluations, and disciplinary actions with appropriate approvals as required

Monitors work flow and delegates responsibilities to team members

• Establishes staffing plans to promote the most effective use of all teammates

• Resolves operational as well as quality issues related to workload

• Ensures coverage during teammates absences

• Covers the work benches as needed.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 6-8 years experience as an Medical Technologist/Supervisor

Bachelors degree in Medical Technology, biological sciences or related field

FL Supervisors license in Chemistry

Certified by a professional laboratory certifying agency (i.e. ASCP, AMT)