Lead Clinical Laboratory Technologist

Unified Women's Healthcare•Town "n" Country, FL

About The Position

Alline Laboratory, formerly known as Florida Woman Care, is a CAP-accredited laboratory in the Tampa area serving a statewide OB/GYN practice with more than 200 medical offices and over 600 providers. The laboratory performs Histology, Cytology, Molecular Microbiology, Clinical Pathology, and Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT). The Lead Clinical Laboratory Technologist performs moderate- and high-complexity testing and result analysis across clinical laboratory disciplines, including chemistry, immunoassay, infectious disease, hematology, urinalysis, and blood bank. The role participates in quality assurance, quality control, and quality inventory procedures; supports equipment troubleshooting and maintenance; and serves as a technical and operational resource to laboratory staff. Alongside bench duties, this position supports daily workflow coordination, staff training, troubleshooting, quality initiatives, turnaround-time monitoring, and reinforcement of laboratory procedures and expectations. The technologist assists the Clinical Laboratory Supervisor in maintaining an efficient, compliant, inspection-ready laboratory while performing laboratory tasks independently. The stated schedule is Tuesday through Saturday, 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Requirements

Associate degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Medical Technology, or a related field.
At least 3 years of clinical laboratory testing experience in chemistry, immunoassay, hematology, urinalysis, and blood bank.
Prior experience supporting workflow coordination, staff training, troubleshooting, quality initiatives, or laboratory operations.
Thorough knowledge of laboratory testing methodologies, instrumentation, and quality control procedures.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a four-year college or technical school in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Medical Technology, or a related field.
Certification as a Medical Technician, Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), or Medical Technologist (MT) from a recognized certifying agency such as ASCP or AMT.
Experience with Beckman-Coulter instrumentation.

Responsibilities

Accurately perform, evaluate, interpret, and report clinical laboratory test results in chemistry, immunoassay, infectious diseases, hematology, urinalysis, and blood bank.
Follow laboratory procedures and safety requirements to maintain quality and compliance, including training and procedures for handling and disposing of hazardous chemical waste.
Correctly identify and label patient specimens; prepare specimens for testing and identify specimen-related problems.
Correlate and interpret laboratory data using clinical knowledge.
Perform simple-to-complex testing using established departmental protocols and adhere to SOPs, policies, and protocols.
Report results through the Laboratory Information System (LIS).
Perform required maintenance on laboratory instrumentation and clean and maintain equipment, instruments, and workspace.
Establish and perform quality control measures, including temperature monitoring, instrument maintenance, and reagent and specimen preparation.
Document daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly quality activities, including equipment maintenance, calibrations, certifications, and corrective actions.
Identify issues that could affect test performance, result reporting, workflow, or instrument function; troubleshoot or escalate concerns and document corrective actions when test systems deviate from specifications.
Assist the Clinical Laboratory Supervisor with day-to-day workflow coordination, operational concerns, and barriers affecting testing, turnaround time, or patient care.
Monitor pending logs, TIQs, aging specimens, and workflow barriers to support turnaround-time goals and timely reporting.
Serve as a technical resource to laboratory staff on testing, troubleshooting, quality control, reflex testing, send-outs, critical value reporting, and workflow questions.
Assist with training, onboarding, mentoring, and supporting laboratory personnel while reinforcing SOP adherence and workflow processes.
Help ensure quality control, calibrations, maintenance, and related documentation are completed to laboratory standards; escalate unresolved concerns.
Provide technical support and troubleshooting guidance for analyzer, workflow, and testing issues; escalate unresolved issues to laboratory leadership or vendors as appropriate.
Reinforce quality, compliance, safety, and communication standards and inspection-readiness expectations.
Help maintain inventory and proactively communicate supply concerns to laboratory leadership.
Maintain records showing proficiency testing (PT) samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples.
Serve as an operational point of contact for routine workflow and technical concerns when the Clinical Laboratory Supervisor is absent.
Assist with preparation of validation documentation for new tests and procedures as assigned.