LABORATORY SUPPORT SUPERVISOR I

Los Angeles County (CA) • Los Angeles, CA

64d

About The Position

Supervises a medical or public health laboratory support unit operating on a single shift.

Requirements

• OPTION I: Two (2) year's experience at the level of Laboratory Assistant.
• OPTION II: One (1) year of experience at the level of Senior Laboratory Assistant.
• Experience at the level of Laboratory Assistant is defined as assists laboratory personnel in the performance of standard laboratory tests on human and other specimens or assigns, trains, and reviews the work of a group of lower-level laboratory positions.
• Experience at the level of Senior Laboratory Assistant is defined as schedules, assigns, trains, and reviews the work of a group of Laboratory Assistants on a single shift.
• You must POSSESS and CLEARLY EXPRESS detailed years of experience performing relevant duties, related to the requirements within your online job application under the "Experience" area.

Nice To Haves

• Additional experience beyond the Minimum Requirements.
• Experience coordinating specimen and supply courier shipments/deliveries to off-site facilities.

Responsibilities

• Plans work schedules and assigns Laboratory Assistant/Laboratory Attendant personnel to laboratory units or work stations within a laboratory support unit on the basis of such factors as workload, the number of employees available, their qualifications, and the extent of their training in the procedures involved.
• Plans, develops and conducts an orientation program for newly assigned Laboratory Assistants/Laboratory Attendants and trains them in the specific procedures established by laboratory management for the performance of the work.
• Evaluates the work of all Laboratory Assistants/Laboratory Attendants assigned to the unit supervised and counsels them on steps they may need to take to improve their performance; effectively recommends or initiates disciplinary action and the adjustment of employee grievances.
• Confers with medical technology supervisors or public health microbiology supervisors to determine the level of Laboratory Assistant performance and initiates appropriate corrective action in cases where any aspect of performance is considered to be less than satisfactory.
• Plans, organizes, and directs the work of a group of Laboratory Assistants in a media manufacturing unit to assure that sufficient quantities and kinds of media are produced and maintained in stock to meet in a timely manner the estimated needs of all laboratory units served.
• Prepares, finalizes and updates detailed written instructions covering all procedures approved for the compounding of media and other solutions, of which the unit supervised is responsible, or for the preparation and processing by Laboratory Assistants of varied specimens in each of the specialized laboratories being served; maintains such procedures in manual form for common reference.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees