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Lead Lab Technician (Molecular)

United States·Archer Heightslead

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Position Summary The Lead Technician coordinates daily laboratory operations at the bench, ensuring workflow efficiency, quality performance, and adherence to standard operating procedures.

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Position Summary

The Lead Technician coordinates daily laboratory operations at the bench, ensuring workflow efficiency, quality performance, and adherence to standard operating procedures.
Serves as a senior technical resource and operational leader without primary responsibility for personnel management or program ownership.
May function as a delegated General Supervisor in accordance with CLIA requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Coordinate workflow across accessioning, extraction, amplification, and data review
Perform and oversee routine testing, including PCR and analysis
Provide real-time troubleshooting for instruments and assays
Monitor QA and QC
Train staff and support competency assessments
Ensure proper specimen handoff between accessioning and testing
Monitor inventory and communicate supply needs
Ensure adherence to SOPs and documentation requirements

Decision-Making Authority

Prioritize workflow and assign bench responsibilities
Hold or delay results based on quality concerns
Initiate troubleshooting and reassign tasks as needed
Escalate non-routine issues to Lab Supervisor

Qualifications

Meets CLIA high-complexity testing personnel requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a chemical, physical, biological, or clinical laboratory science OR
equivalent
2–4 years of clinical laboratory experience (molecular preferred)
Experience in PCR workflows and troubleshooting
Experience training or mentoring staff preferred

Core Competencies