Blood Bank Lab Supervisor

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Job Summary and Qualifications

The Pathology and Clinical Lab Supervisor is a Bachelor’s prepared Medical Technologist who plans, organizes and directs the activities of the laboratory in accordance with regulatory guidelines. The scope of this role includes the performance of diagnostic tests and process procedures, development and implementation of policy and procedures and coordination of laboratory activities with other departments and organizations.

What you will do in this role:

• Demonstrates superior clinical laboratory skills and critical thinking
• Performs technical procedures proficiently in accordance with laboratory standards.
• Establishes and maintains a Quality Control Program appropriate for testing performed.
• Establishes parameters for accepted levels of performance and ensures these levels are maintained throughout the entire testing process from initial receipt of specimen through sample analysis and reporting of results.
• Ensures enrollment in proficiency testing program commensurate with the services offered.
• Participates in preparation of the Laboratory for CAP and JCAHO Medicare inspections.
• Verifies the validity of patient test results through the evaluation of quality control values prior to reporting patient test results.
• Performs maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration procedures related to each test performed.
• Resolves technical problems, ensures remedial actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from laboratory’s established performance specification.
• Ensures proper specimen collection, identification, labeling and tagging of patients and samples.
• Is knowledgeable of factors that influence test results.
• Reports critical results to appropriate personnel
• Reviews all reports sent out by subordinates to verify accuracy
• Assumes responsibility of being captain of wellness team.
• Performs phlebotomy accurately and efficiently 95% of time
• Actively pursues continued education to maintain superior knowledge base

What qualifications you will need:

• (MLS) Medical Laboratory Scientist
• Bachelors Degree, or Masters Degree
• 4 years of Blood Bank experience required
• SBB preferred

Benefits

Rio Grande Regional Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Texas has been serving the Rio Grande Valley for more than 30 years. Our full service hospital has 320+ beds and a team of more than 500 physicians representing 35+ specialties. Rio Grande Regional Hospital offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services. Our Emergency Room is a Level III Trauma Center and we have extended our ER services into the Rio Grande Valley with our three remote ERs in McAllen/Mission, Edinburg, and San Juan. Our Women’s Services include L&D and a 30+ bed NICU. We also have an entire children’s hospital within our main facility to care for the children in our community. We work with the Texas Transplant Institute, which serves local patients in need of organ, tissue or stem cell transplants. Our proven track record of serving the medical needs of the Valley communities we serve has led to Rio Grande Regional Hospital being recognized for patient safety and clinical excellence time and time again.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Blood Bank Laboratory Supervisor opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.