Lab Team Leader - Microbiology
Quick Summary
Provide day-to-day supervision or oversight of the laboratory operation.
Requirements
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A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Provide day-to-day supervision or oversight of the laboratory operation.
Resolve technical problems in accordance with policies and procedures established either by the Laboratory Director or Technical Supervisor.
Monitor test analyses and specimen examinations to ensure that acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained.
Maintain competency assessment documentation.
Notify Technical Supervisor, Clinical Consultant, or Laboratory Director immediately of detected problems.
Perform duties of a Testing Personnel as needed.
Perform laboratory testing in a compliant manner.
Maintain regulatory knowledge and awareness as it pertains to specific job duties.
Assist manager with planning and organizing for the section.
Assist with monitoring capital equipment, staffing standards and procedures maintenance, and the development and implementation of contingency plans to avert interruptions of service.
Maintain technical quality assurance programs including assuring accurate testing and quality control.
Maintain current standards and technical procedures manuals.
Assure testing is in accordance with production schedule and variances are identified and resolved.
Ensure timeliness and communicates valuable information to all department and personnel who interact with lab.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Bachelor's Degree in a Chemical, Physical, Biological Clinical Laboratory Science OR Medical Technology from a four-year college or university
Three to five years of clinical laboratory training or experience, or both, in high complexity testing
Laboratory training or experience and can be met by any combination of years of clinical laboratory training or experience
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Three to five years of clinical laboratory training or experience, or both, in high complexity testing. Two years of clinical laboratory leadership role
Microbiology experience
MT (ASCP) or ASCP eligible
Two years of clinical laboratory leadership role
Clinical laboratory training or experience can be met by:
Medical technology internship
Full time experience performing non-waived testing for the required number of years
Part-time experience performing non-waived testing, with 2080 hours equivalent to one year
Visual acuity to study specimens under a microscope.
The ability to distinguish colors.
Fine motor skills and manual dexterity to handle specimens and lab equipment required to process specimens and repair equipment.
May be required to stand for long periods of time.
Light lifting may be required.
May be exposed to hazardous chemicals, biohazards, radioactive materials, etc.
Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.
Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.
Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.
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Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.
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Listing Details
- First seen
- September 30, 2026
- Last seen
- September 30, 2026
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- 0
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 56%
- Scored at
- September 30, 2026
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