Spencer Rigby · 7 hours ago
Laboratory Director
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/ExecutiveSpencer Rigby has partnered with a pioneering precision oncology diagnostics company that is expanding its U.S. operations. The Laboratory Director is a senior leadership position responsible for overseeing clinical laboratory operations, ensuring compliance with regulations, and providing leadership in the oncology diagnostics field.
Staffing & Recruiting
Hiring Manager
Kyle McMahon
Responsibilities
Oversee the operation of the histopathology laboratory under CLIA, CAP, NYS, and all other applicable regulations
Participate in the quality management system, manage adverse outcomes and non-conformities, participate in onsite surveys, manage the results of on-site surveys, and perform proficiency testing
Provide oversight of all aspects of the laboratory’s quality management system to ensure conformance to requirements described in the Clinical Laboratory Practice Standards
Provide continuing education to laboratory technical staff relevant to laboratory medicine
Ensure that policies and procedures are established for monitoring staff to assess competency and, whenever necessary, provide remedial training or continuing education to improve skills
Promote a safe laboratory environment for personnel and the public
Ensure that an approved procedure manual is available to all personnel
Monitor all work performed in the laboratory to ensure that medically reliable data are generated
Assure that the laboratory participates in monitoring and evaluating the quality and appropriateness of services rendered, within the context of the Quality Management System, regardless of where the testing is performed
Provide advice to referring physicians regarding the significance of laboratory findings and ensure that reports of test results include pertinent information required for specific patient interpretation
Effectively implement a plan of correction for deficiencies identified
Review and approve laboratory documentation such as policies and procedures, validation plans and reports, training and competency assessments, and reagent/control/instrument qualifications, quality audits, deviation approval requests, and nonconforming event reports
Qualification
Required
Training and demonstrated expertise in histopathology, obtained within the previous six years, in generally accepted and currently used methods and techniques
Board certification by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology, and preferably in an area of special competence relevant to molecular genetics
Qualified for New York State in the categories of Oncology and Histopathology or able to obtain said qualification
Preferred
Board certification by the American Board of Pathology in Molecular Genetic Pathology, or equivalent, is a plus
Company
Spencer Rigby
Spencer Rigby is a specialist Recruitment Consultancy in the Med Tech & Life Science sectors.
Founded in 2023
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase