Nemours Children's Health · 1 day ago
Clinical Lab Tech Supervisor (Blood Bank)
Wilmington, DE
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expNemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. The Clinical Lab Tech Supervisor (Blood Bank) will assist the Laboratory Manager with day-to-day operations in the blood bank, ensuring quality control, personnel development, and adherence to regulatory guidelines.
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Responsibilities
Supervisor to assist the Laboratory Manager with the blood bank's day-to-day operations and related human resource management and customer service areas
The candidate must work collaboratively with the BB Medical Director, physicians, patient care staff, reference labs, and other business partners to optimize Blood Banking practice while maintaining accreditation and licensure
Personnel development, coaching, and mentoring of technical staff
Developing personnel goals, tasks, and service standards to set high morale and motivation within the Blood Bank
Maintaining training files for staff members; and for training and competency evaluation of the Blood Bank staff
Coordinating and working at the bench with technical staff on a day-to-day basis
Ensuring that technical procedures are performed according to the SOP under the highest standards of quality promptly
Review of Antibody Identification Workups, Transfusion Reaction Workups, ABO Discrepancy Workups, and result exception reports
Ensures the correct performance of tests in the assigned section, supervising staff performing these tests
Ensures that staff have been trained in procedures, including completion of technical training checklists
Reviews the performance of tests in the assigned section including review of daily test performance and reports as needed
Initiates corrective action as needed and performs any necessary follow-up
Communicates the results of these reviews as needed to the Administrative Director, Medical Director or other as appropriate
Ensures that technical procedures are written following established guidelines
Reviews procedures according to relevant regulatory guidelines
Establishes and monitors section quality control procedures following regulatory guidelines, initiating any corrective action needed and ensuring that documentation is complete
Reviews QC charts, reports, proficiency testing, etc. and reports this information as needed, maintaining documentation of these for further review and for regulatory inspection
Participates in departmental and hospital programs for Quality Assessment and Improvement, identifying opportunities to improve services, making recommendations and implementing actions as appropriate and consistent with the goals of Nemours
Works to identify and prevent problems and to establish systems which enhance the laboratory’s ability to provide services in a timely, accurate and cost efficient fashion
Reviews problem reports, recommends actions for improvement, develops strategies for improvement in concert with laboratory administration and monitors the progress of changes
Participates in the recruitment of staff, making hiring and promotion decisions
Trains, evaluates and counsels section employees
Reviews section technical staff competency
Also evaluates staff performance according to regulatory guidelines
Initiates retraining for employees as needed
Ensures that staff participate in appropriate continuing education programs, especially those designed to enhance knowledge appropriate to job performance
Schedules section employees, ensuring appropriate section coverage, reviewing schedules with others (e.g., shift supervisor, laboratory administration) as needed to ensure that laboratory services are not interrupted
In scheduling, avoids overtime where possible
Rotates section employees to increase staffing flexibility and to maintain staff competency on appropriate section “benches” as needed
Evaluates staff time-off requests in a fair manner, which ensures appropriate staffing levels
Selects, implements and maintains technical equipment for section, writing justification for capital equipment, and evaluating cost-benefit of various alternatives and makes recommendations to laboratory administration
Maintains knowledge of section technical requirements, especially regulatory requirements
Maintains laboratory section’s readiness for inspections
Informs laboratory administration of compliance problems and makes plans to correct such failures and carries out these plans as appropriate
Participates in section’s inspections, reviewing deficiencies and correcting as needed or assigned
Maintains section supply inventory at appropriate levels
Reviews problems related to supplies
Follows all laboratory and hospital safety policies (including, but not limited to chemical safety, e.g., the laboratory’s Chemical Hygiene Plan, infection control policies, etc.) and reviews safety issues as needed
Must be able to perform functions using personal protective equipment and barrier protection, such as disposable gloves, laboratory coats, shields, goggles, etc
Must be able to handle a variety of hazardous materials, such as chemicals and pathogenic organisms
Handles hazardous materials using appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); ensures hazardous waste is accurately labeled, stored and maintained in appropriate type of sealed container, when readied for removal from department
Assists with maintaining appropriate documentation
Ensures that staff adhere to safety procedures and that staff receive training or retraining as needed or required
Reports safety concerns appropriately, e.g., laboratory administration or Safety Coordinator, and helps with planning to improve safety of the laboratory
Qualification
Required
B. S. in Medical Technology (B.S.M.T. or equivalent, e.g., HHS examination or ability to meet CLIA qualifications for Moderate complexity laboratory testing)
Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years experience required
Preferred
Multiple years of leadership experience in a clinical laboratory preferred
Benefits
Up to a $20,000 Sign on Bonus offered (external applicants only)
Company
Nemours Children's Health
Nemours Children's Health is committed to improving the health of children.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$10.5MKey Investors
National Institutes of Health
2021-09-21Grant· $10.5M
Leadership Team
Mark Mumford
EVP, Chief Operating Officer, Nemours Children's Health
Kevin Haynes
Chief Privacy Officer
Recent News
2025-12-02
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