Laboratory Director (CLIA High Complexity)

Laboratory Director (CLIA High Complexity) Subspecialty (Specialty): General Immunology (Diagnostic Immunology), Routine (Chemistry), and Mycobacteriology (Microbiology) Remote | Physician Office Laboratory (POL) Job description Responsibilities include but are not limited to: -Be accessible to the laboratory to provide onsite, telephone, or electronic consultation as needed. -Ensure quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) programs are established, implemented, and maintained to monitor laboratory performance and promptly identify quality failures. -Ensure that testing systems for all assays provide quality laboratory services across the pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phases of testing. -Ensure the establishment and maintenance of acceptable levels of analytical performance for each test system. -Ensure verification and validation procedures are adequate to determine accuracy, precision, reportable range, and other pertinent performance characteristics of each method. -Ensure laboratory facilities, environmental conditions, and safety practices are appropriate for the testing performed and provide a safe working environment for personnel. -Ensure consultation is available to laboratory clients regarding the quality, interpretation, and clinical relevance of test results for specific patient conditions. -Ensure that, prior to patient testing, all personnel: Possess appropriate education and experience Receive training commensurate with the complexity of testing performed Demonstrate ongoing competency to reliably perform testing and report accurate results -Ensure adherence to the Quality Assessment Policies and Procedures by all testing personnel, including: Ongoing competency assessment Identification of remedial training needs Support for continuing education as necessary -Perform a minimum of two (2) onsite laboratory visits per year, spaced at least four (4) months apart, and document findings as required.