at Vitalant in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Description
Vitalant is seeking a Laboratory Services Supervisor dedicated to making a positive difference.? If you are results-driven and impact-inspired to helping others, and making a difference is vital for you, you'll experience a career built on purpose, an organization created to care, and a team committed to lead - together.
Your impact as a Laboratory Service Supervisor, is vital. Contribute to Vitalant's life-saving mission by efficiently overseeing and coordinating daily technical operations, providing skilled technical support. Perform blood component processing and labeling and routine testing of biological samples.
What to Expect
Schedule: Days -start time depends on laboratory needs.
Our comprehensive total rewards support you, your family, and your future with:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401K + 5% company match
- Tuition assistance up to $5k per year
- Free basic life and AD&D insurance
- Free short-and-long-term disability insurance
- Paid time off
- Employee Resource Groups
- Recognition and perks
As a Laboratory Supervisor, you'll get to:
- Supervise, train, and assess the performance of the intake of blood products, product testing, and product labeling.
- Oversee department equipment maintenance program, including preventative maintenance records and vendor scheduling.
- Manage the Product Quality Control program, including completion of product QC record, assessments, reporting, failure investigations and corrective action.
- Investigate deviations in testing, quality control and preventative maintenance.
- Assist in reporting and resolving deviations.
- Conduct required competency observations and complete documentation.
- Provide effective leadership to achieve high levels of service and product quality, financial results to meet company goals.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a chemical, physical, biological, medical technology or medical laboratory science required.
- Certification as a Medical Technologist by a recognized certifying agency required or CLIA equivalent for moderate or high complexity testing required.
- Certification as a Technologist in blood banking (BB) or Specialist in blood banking (SBB) preferred.
- One year of laboratory experience required.
- Two years of supervisory experience preferred.
Summary
About Us
Vitalant is one of the nation's largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies healthcare organizations, providing hospitals and patients across the U.S. a safe blood supply, specialized laboratory services, transfusion medicine expertise and world-renowned research. We have a network of 115 donation centers across the U.S. and host approximately 60,000 blood drives annually. Vitalant provides blood and special services to patients in more than 900 hospitals across the U.S. where millions of people depend on blood donations from our generous donors.
Vitalant is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace built on a foundation of respect, integrity, teamwork, and excellence. Through our DEI strategic plan, we create opportunities for employees of all backgrounds to feel valued, seen and heard. We believe this mission drives creativity and innovation, as employees experience an environment conducive to personal...
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
