Accessioning Supervisor

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus’ proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

With the advent of genomic sequencing, we can finally decode and process our genetic makeup. We now have more data than ever before but providers don’t have the infrastructure or expertise to make sense of this data. We’re on a mission to connect an entire ecosystem to redefine how genomic data is used in clinical settings. We are looking for a Pre-Analytics Supervisor who will be responsible for overseeing day to day management of the Specimen Intake team.

What You’ll Do

• Operational management of specimen intake workflows to ensure goals and business needs are consistently met, including staff scheduling, prioritizing workload, quality and compliance oversight, and managing the needs of a growing lab
• Hiring, training, annual reviews, recognition, coaching, and corrective action for team members
• Ensure training plans meet the needs of the organization and competency assessments are performed and maintained in a timely manner
• Audit quality, productivity, and throughput reports to ensure all samples are processed in a timely manner and with a high degree of accuracy
• Identify and document occurrences that deviate from defined procedures
• Investigate and resolve all incident reports
• Develop and maintain specimen intake processes and workflows as needed by the lab
• Troubleshoot and document issues as they arise
• Ensure department inventory is appropriately stocked and organized
• Maintain clinical skills and competencies to assist the specimen intake team as needed
• Collaborate with other departments, both internal and external, to ensure aligned and optimized workflows
• Perform other duties, as assigned

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 3+ years working in a clinical laboratory required

• Highly organized and systematic, superb attention to detail, and ability to complete tasks with a high degree of accuracy

• Demonstrated problem resolution and decision-making skills for operational and technical problems.

• Proven ability to learn new skills quickly and adapt to new processes smoothly

• Previous people management experience

• Proven ability to communicate well across teams and functions