Lead Parasitology Tech (Overnight)

Antech Diagnostics•Village of Lake Success, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Parasitology Lead helps supervise daily activities within the laboratory unit/group/area/department. This role involves assisting in the supervision of department staff, monitoring activities, evaluating performance, and providing coaching and guidance. The Lead also oversees staff training and development, contributes to department policies and procedures, and leads work activities by planning, organizing, and ensuring adequate staffing and resources to meet customer satisfaction. Additionally, the role involves maintaining diagnostic equipment, performing routine testing, resolving pending lists, reporting quality assurance issues, ensuring audits are performed, maintaining refrigerator organization, maintaining equipment, meeting daily turnaround time (TAT) production requirements, and performing supervisor duties in their absence. The position requires adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), safety, and quality procedures, maintaining a clean work area, restocking supplies, and performing other assigned duties. Associates are expected to act ethically, hold each other accountable, ask questions, seek guidance, and report concerns or violations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience required, preferably in science-related field.
Training and teaching skills and ability.
Proven leadership, motivational and mediating abilities.
Ability to organize, prioritize and direct work activities.
Proficiency in all testing and services for training personnel, including setting up, reading, and releasing test results and troubleshooting equipment.
Extensive laboratory skills and experience.
Reasoning and analytical skills to resolve issues.
Communication skills, both verbal and written.
Attention to detail.
Organized with ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
The ability to communicate information so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
Positive, can-do attitude.
Personal computer skills, including strong typing ability and proficient use of Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

Assists in the supervision of department staff, monitoring activities and evaluating performance.
Provides coaching and guidance to staff and oversees staff training and development.
Provides input to department policies and procedures.
Assists in leading work activities of the lab unit/group/area/department, planning and organizing work, providing for adequate staffing and resources, and maintaining work on schedule so that ongoing customer satisfaction is maintained.
Contributes to maintenance of department diagnostic equipment and other technical resources.
Perform routine testing which may include fecal digestive, FEC, Baermann, C. difficile toxin, Cryptosporidium – Giardia IFA, occult blood, Parvovirus antigen and other miscellaneous testing.
Resolve pending list.
Reports and technical Quality Assurance/Quality Control problems to the Supervisor.
Ensure that Tech and Aide audits are performed and documented.
Maintain organization of storage refrigerator.
Maintain all equipment including hoods, centrifuges, etc.
Meet daily TAT production requirements.
Perform duties of the supervisor in their absence.
Reads and follows applicable Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), including safety and quality procedures. Maintains clean and organized work area. Restocks supplies as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned.