Supervisor Laboratory Services

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Supervisor Laboratory Services, you will oversee laboratory personnel and operations to ensure full compliance and quality in accordance with established laboratory work processes. You will exercise authority over personnel decisions while maintaining responsibility for the technical and scientific oversight of the clinical laboratory department.

Every day you will manage the daily functioning of the lab, ensuring that staff members adhere to safety standards and operational protocols. You will provide leadership and technical guidance to your team, fostering an environment of precision and accountability.

To be successful in this role, you will possess strong leadership capabilities and a deep understanding of clinical laboratory standards. Your ability to balance complex technical requirements with effective personnel management will be essential to ensuring the laboratory maintains the highest level of service and regulatory excellence.

• Supervises, coaches, and reviews the performance of laboratory personnel to ensure adherence to policies and ethics; exercises authority over personnel decisions and identifies training needs to ensure staff maintain competency.
• Serves as the CLIA-defined Technical Consultant by resolving technical problems, implementing remedial actions, and ensuring patient results are only reported when test systems function properly.
• Oversees designated day-to-day laboratory operations and administers laboratory inventories, including supplies, equipment, and consumables.
• Selects appropriate test methodologies and verifies test procedures by establishing performance characteristics, including the precision and accuracy of each test system.
• Establishes and maintains a quality control program and performance parameters throughout the entire testing process; ensures enrollment and participation in HHS-approved proficiency testing programs.
• Analyzes and interprets laboratory results in accordance with established work processes to ensure the clinical integrity and accuracy of the reporting process.

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in biological or chemical sciences, as defined by CLIA
• Minimum of five (5) years at a moderate or high complexity laboratory

• Clinical Laboratory departments:

  State license:

  California:  CLS:CA

  Nevada: CLS:NV or GS:NV

  North Dakota: MT-L:ND

  Tennessee: MT-L:TN

• Where state license not required: MT or CLS or MLS certification required, ASCP or equivalent (per requirement sheet)
• Pathology Laboratory department: CT or HTL  certification required, ASCP or equivalent
• Excellent communication skills
• Extensive knowledge in state and federal regulations

Preferred

• One year experience as a supervisor or higher

Where You’ll Work

Located in Lakewood, Colorado, St. Anthony Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center where we provide a full range of medical specialties and health care services to Denver and the surrounding region through our state-of-the-art medical campus and home base for Flight For Life® Colorado. With four trauma rooms including the T-10 room, a dedicated field-to-surgery suite ready 24/7 for trauma surgeons and specially trained teams, our staff can provide life-saving care to the most severely ill and injured patients. In 2023, we received our exciting Magnet® designation! We are so proud of our staff for this achievement, which is awarded to only 10 percent of hospitals around the world. Numerous other awards, certifications, and accreditations have been granted to us from the American Heart Association; Chest Pain Center (CPC); American College of Cardiology; The Joint Commission’s National Quality Approval; the Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Award; NAPBC Accreditation; American College of Radiology and many others. At St. Anthony Hospital. We combine a heritage of expert care with the latest in technology and innovation. If you’re looking to be part of a fast-paced environment where you can practice to the top of your profession in trauma, cardiology, stroke, neurosciences, breast imaging, cancer/oncology care, surgery and more, we invite you to apply.