Transfusion Services Laboratory Manager (SBB)

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center•Houston, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Transfusion Services Technical Manager, you’ll lead the people, processes, and technical operations that support safe, high-quality transfusion care for patients at one of the world’s leading cancer centers. This is an opportunity to combine your advanced transfusion medicine expertise with strong people leadership, helping shape strategy, develop talent, strengthen quality, and build a cohesive team committed to excellence. You’ll have meaningful influence over the direction and performance of the Transfusion Services team. You’ll develop strategies, policies, and goals; establish and monitor quality and turnaround-time standards; oversee regulatory compliance; and use quality improvement data to identify opportunities for better performance. You’ll have the opportunity to build a team culture where people feel supported, motivated, accountable, and empowered to succeed. You’ll lead the full employee lifecycle, from recruiting and selecting talented laboratory professionals to onboarding, performance management, retention, continuing education, and cross-training. This role calls for a visible and engaging leader who can bring people together around common goals, communicate effectively across the division and institution, navigate challenges with confidence, and develop a productive team environment. You’ll also oversee resources, productivity, inventory, purchasing, vendor relationships, and financial performance while identifying innovative opportunities to improve efficiency and manage costs. Your technical expertise will be equally important as you help ensure testing practices, quality control, regulatory requirements, and operational processes meet the highest standards. You’ll collaborate across the institution, contribute to division-wide initiatives, and have the opportunity to influence both the day-to-day operation and long-term success of Transfusion Services.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in a related science field or Molecular Genetic Technology OR Successful completion of a National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS) accredited Clinical Laboratory Science/Molecular Genetic Technology accredited program
8 years of clinical laboratory compliance and operations experience to include three years of blood banking and supervisory or managerial experience, with a Bachelor's degree OR 7 years of clinical laboratory compliance and operations experience to include three years of blood banking and supervisory or managerial experience, with successful completion of a National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS) accredited Clinical Laboratory Science/Molecular Genetic Technology accredited program OR 6 years of clinical laboratory compliance and operations experience to include three years of blood banking and supervisory or managerial experience, with Master's degree OR 4 years of clinical laboratory compliance and operations experience to include three years of blood banking and supervisory or managerial experience, with Doctorate degree
Successful completion of the LEADing Self Accelerate and/or LEADing Self Discover programs may substitute for one year of required supervisory or management experience. Completion of both programs can be substituted for a maximum of two years of supervisory or management experience.
MLS-ASCP – Medical Lab Scientist Technologist/Scientist/Specialist certification OR BB(ASCP) – Technologist in Blood Banking AND SBB – Specialist in Blood Banking
Must pass pre-employment skills test as required and administered by Human Resources.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in a related science field
Doctorate in a related science field

Responsibilities

Monitor, evaluate and improve the quality, efficiency and appropriateness of testing, personnel practices, continuing ed and reg compliance issues.
Develop strategies, policies and goals which assure the success of team efforts.
Work harmoniously with co-workers, throughout the division and institution and initiate and maintain collaborative efforts with others in the institution.
Create cohesive and productive work groups, organized around clearly delineated roles, purposes and goals. Motivate the group to monitor and modify its performance.
Assure the success of projects and other activities.
Establish, monitor and review quality control procedures, turn-around-time technical and administrative policies recommending corrective action when required while assuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
Identify, evaluate and monitor quality improvement monitors. Compile and report quality improvement data in a format which facilitates review by division CQI committee.
Administer, implement, coordinate and develop human and material resources into dynamic organizational teams to achieve productivity goals and objectives of the Division and Section.
Establish and develop recruitment, hiring and retention practices and policies which assure appropriate staffing. Effectively evaluate applicants after conducting in-depth and incisive interviews.
Orient and evaluate performance of employees based on standardized methods that adhere to regulatory and institutional guidelines.
Assess budgetary activities and develop productivity levels sufficient to meet time constraints established for procedures.
Develop, monitor and adhere to financial plans focusing on cost benefits.
Accurately predict or project expense levels for section’s budgetary guidelines.
Monitor the finances of the section through budget review of various institutional financial activity reports, responding to significant changes/variances as necessary.
Demonstrate innovative expertise in reducing expenses in regard to both personnel and material resource management.
Maintain an adequate knowledge of purchasing systems, policies and procedures; negotiate optimal vendor contracts.
Promote and facilitate sectional and inter-sectional crosstraining of employees to increase operational efficiency and broaden technical competency.