Laboratory Supervisor Jobs in Pennsylvania

Schedule

Full-Time: 80 Hours/Bi-Weekly

Hours: M-F 3-11:30 pm with holiday and some weekend rotation for coverage. Also oversees night shift so some rotation to these hours at times is expected.

General Summary

Provides laboratory services to meet the needs of patients performed in accordance with accepted standards and practices. Supervises personnel and coordinates functions and activities in assigned division. Functions at least 50% of time as a technical staff member.

WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital

For more than 125 years, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital has provided leading-edge inpatient, outpatient, and emergent care to the Lebanon County community. One of eight premier hospitals in the WellSpan system, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital features an award-winning cardiac and vascular center, a certified Primary Stroke Center, and a wound care and hyperbaric medicine center, while providing a supportive continuum of care through our extensive WellSpan primary, specialty, ambulatory, and behavioral health care locations within the community. WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital is supported by the nearby WellSpan Sechler Family Cancer Center, Lebanon’s first and only integrated cancer center. WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital was one of several WellSpan Health hospitals honored by U.S. News & World Report with the High Performing recognition for 2022-23.

WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital serves as the cornerstone of care for a total population of nearly 142,000 residents living in the rural and urban mix of Lebanon County. A full-service, acute-care hospital, with a 163 licensed bed capacity, admitting approximately 7,000 patients annually. We offer open heart procedures, comprehensive cardiac care, total joint replacements, private labor and delivery birthing suites, robotic surgery, and emergency care.

Essential Functions:

• Directs, supervises, and coordinates technical functions and activities in assigned area(s).
• Prepares work schedules, assigns personnel, evaluates work performance, and makes recommendations for personnel actions.
• Trains other employees in day-to-day procedures.
• Assists in developing budgets.
• Assists in developing department goals and objectives.
• Performs surveys and does comparative analyses of work units; may participate in research activities and investigates new products, equipment, techniques, methodologies, and introduces, demonstrates, effects, and recommends as is appropriate.
• Consults with medical staff and other health care providers on matters relating to laboratory and/or related services.
• Participates in Quality Assessment Program on a regular and continuing basis.
• Participates in department specific and/or system-wide projects of varying scope and duration.
• Performs the duties of a medical technologist, including tests and procedures.

Common Expectations:

• Demonstrates a commitment to patient, visitor and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
• Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops.
• Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
• Requisitions laboratory supplies and maintains supply inventories.
• Assists with care and maintenance of department equipment and supplies.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

• Bachelors Degree Required and
• College Transcript As part of CAP requirements, copy of college diploma and transcript required upon hire. Required or
• College Diploma As part of CAP requirements, copy of college diploma and transcript required upon hire. Required

Work Experience:

• 2 years Medical technology or a related science. Required
• 5 years Medical technology or a related science. Preferred and
• Demonstrated leadership potential. Preferred

Licenses:

• Certified Technologist in Blood Banking - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Technologist in Chemistry - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Technologist in Cytogenetics - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Cytologist - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Diplomate in Laboratory Management - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Donor Phlebotomy Technician - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Technologist in Hematology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Histotechnician - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Histotechnologist - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Technologist in Microbiology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Technologist in Molecular Biology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Medical Laboratory Assistant - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Medical Laboratory Scientist - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Medical Laboratory Technician - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Medical Technologist - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Pathologists' Assistant - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Phlebotomy Technician - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Blood Banking - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Chemistry - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Cytology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Cytometry - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Hematology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Microbiology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Molecular Biology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Phlebotomy Technician - AMT Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Medical Laboratory Scientist - AMT Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Medical Laboratory Technician - AMT Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Molecular Diagnostics Technologist - AMT Upon Hire Required or
• Medical Technologist - HEW Upon Hire Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Thorough understanding of test theory, instrumentation, sources of test error and other factors.

Benefits Offered:

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Education assistance
• Financial education and support, including DailyPay
• Expanded Paid Parental Leave

For additional details: Benefits & Incentives | WellSpan Careers

WellSpan Health’s vision is to reimagine healthcare through the delivery of comprehensive, equitable health and wellness solutions throughout our continuum of care. As an integrated delivery system focused on leading in value-based care, we encompass more than 2,300 employed providers, 250 locations, nine award-winning hospitals, home care and a behavioral health organization serving central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Our high-performing Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is the region’s largest and one of the best in the nation. With a team 23,000 strong, WellSpan experts provide a range of services, from wellness and employer services solutions to advanced care for complex medical and behavioral conditions. Our clinically integrated network of 3,000 aligned physicians and advanced practice providers is dedicated to providing the highest quality and safety, inspiring our patients and communities to be their healthiest.