Technical Specialist - General Lab

Texas Children's Hospital•Houston, TX

About The Position

We are searching for a Technical Specialist – someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will oversee workflow and perform quality assurance duties in the laboratory section of your responsibility. You may also serve as team leader, scheduler, and primary trainer for the section. Think you’ve got what it takes? Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women is a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility and one of a select few hospitals nationwide that provides women, mothers and babies with a full continuum of high-quality, expert health care. Offering a full spectrum of maternal and fetal medicine services, including an array of fetal diagnostic procedures and highly specialized fetal surgeries, the Pavilion for Women is connected to Texas Children’s Hospital via a two-story circular sky bridge to enhance patient care by providing physicians, staff and patient families with rapid access to other pediatric subspecialists. Three private OB/GYN practices, The Family Fertility Center, The Menopause Center and The Women’s Place – Center for Reproductive Psychiatry are all housed here. Additionally, we also recently opened a community-based OB/GYN practice in Pearland. To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in clinical laboratory science, chemical, physical, or biological science required
3 years’ experience in a laboratory setting applicable to their area of responsibility required

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree (or higher) in biological, chemistry, or laboratory science may substitute for one year of the required experience
BB-ASCP, C-ASP, CLSP-NCA, G-ASCP, HT-ASCP, HTL-ASCP, M-ASCP, MB-ASCP, MLS-ASCP, MP-ASCP, MT-AMT, MT-ASCP, MT-NCA, or MT-STATE certification preferred
One of the above certifications may substitute for one year of the required experience

Responsibilities

Assists with all NGS validations studies and other projects in collaboration with technical and professional staff and other personnel as negotiated by Medical Director; collaborates with medical director as appropriate in applied research and publications
Assists with the development of processes/written procedures required for the implementation of new or modified testing and quality program essentials
Assists other employees in troubleshooting specimen problems, errors, and performance of workload in order to meet established turnaround times.
Assists with the review of daily and monthly quality control reports, communicates with supervisor in a timely manner about any quality control problems and follows with corrective action as needed.
Maintains appropriate inventory levels and orders supplies; monitors reagent crossover checks and expiration dates.
Acts as lead trainer in section helps create training materials and assessment tools; oversees and performs annual competency observations.
Assists with the performance of proficiency studies and surveys, ensuring that materials are processed, tested, and reported accurately; investigates problems or unacceptable results and assist with completion of necessary documentation
Assist Supervisor with maintenance of QA/QI program, monitors safety practices and compliance in work area, assists with CAP compliance and inspections
Troubleshoots LIS orders as they occur, interface applications, and system upgrades, and participates in LIS user group meetings for new test development
Acts as lead coordinator for the medical technology internship programs. Reviews training materials and checklists. Schedules training assignments and evaluates student’s performance.
Performs other essential job-related functions assigned by the supervisor and/or leadership team