Supervisor, Laboratory Medicine - Blood Bank

at  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Pay Range: $108,400.00-$173,400.00 Company Overview:
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Job Description:
Exciting Opportunity at MSK: We are currently seeking a Blood Bank Supervisor to primarily be responsible for the Main Blood Bank at the Center for Laboratory Medicine and Main Hospital Rapid Results Laboratory Blood Depot.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree clinical laboratory sciences required
• 6+ years of proven experience required
• NYS Clinical Laboratory Technologist License required
• ASCP preferred

Core Skills:

• A good decision-maker, with shown success at making timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Able to work effectively in an environment notable for complex, sometimes contradictory information.
• A provider of work directives, delegating responsibilities as necessary and removing obstacles in order to get work done.
• Adept at planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• An effective communicator, capable of identifying how best to reach different audiences and completing communications based on that understanding.
• Approachable – someone who is comfortable with diverse groups of people and able to make others comfortable with you.

Additional Information:

• Schedule: Day shift; 8am – 4pm; on-call approximately every 4 weeks
• 100% Onsite
• Report to: Manager, Laboratory Medicine - Blood Bank
• Location: 327 E 64th Street in NYC

Pay Range $108,400.00-$173,400.00

Administrative responsibilities:

• Supervise the day-to-day operations of the Blood Bank and related human resource management and customer service areas.
• Work collaboratively with BB Physicians/Medical Director, patient care staff/clinicians, reference labs and other business partners to optimize Blood Banking practice while maintaining accreditation and licensure.
• Personnel development, coaching and mentoring of technical staff
• Developing personnel goals, tasks and service standards to set a high morale and motivation within the Blood Bank
• Maintaining training files for staff members; and for training and competency evaluation of the Blood Bank staff.
• Assist the Laboratory Manager and Assistant Manager in:
• Review and approval of new or revised documents, processes and test methods and their validations
• Review and approval of Change Control Requests and providing mentorship to change control initiators as needed
• Establishing, implementing and maintaining the SOP Manual; ensuring that written procedures exist for the safety and quality of manufactured products, and that documents are placed in a controlled location
• Assessing the impact of events on systems or processes as they affect product safety, efficacy, purity, identity and potency
• Supervising serious adverse events and event reporting; Implementing corrective action within the scope of Event investigation.

Technical responsibilities:

• Coordinating and supervising personnel and technical operations of the Blood Bank on a day-to-day basis.
• Ensuring that technical procedures are performed according to the SOP under the highest standards of quality in a timely manner.
• Review of Antibody Identification Workups.
• Review of Transfusion Reaction Workups.
• Review of ABO Discrepancy Workups.
• Review of result exception reports.
• Review the upload/entry of donor Transmissible Disease testing results. Perform lookbacks, donor notification, notification/update of the donor deferral registries.
• Participation in program improvement activities, recognition of learning needs, contributing ideas, recommendations and concerns to improve management decision-making process
• Coordination of testing, processing, storage and transport to/from the Blood Bank; to/from various off-site transfusion locations; reference laboratories; blood component supplier.
• Oversee the performance of periodic equipment quality control and preventive maintenance procedures

Quality/Compliance:

• Assist the Lab Manager to guarantee compliance with local, state and federal accrediting and regulatory organizations regarding blood component manufacturing, patient sample testing, including compliance with OSHA, FDA, NYSDOH, Joint Commission, CLIA etc.
• Performs audits of Blood Bank operations to ensure compliance with the laboratory’s quality/compliance program, standard operating procedures and regulatory agencies. Communicates findings to the Blood Bank Medical Director/management team.