MLS Supervisor

The Department of Pathology is seeking a MLS Supervisor to support the North Liberty Campus. This position will serve as a leader in the North Liberty laboratory by training on and managing new equipment, designing new processes, and participate in selecting, onboarding, and training of laboratory staff on NL workflows. After opening of the North Liberty lab, this role will serve as the shift leader for operational, staffing and troubleshooting activities. Working hours will initially be Monday through Friday, 1st shift. Beginning in Spring 2025, the typical schedule will be Monday through Friday, 8-hour shifts between the hours of 2200-0800, typically 2300-0730, including rotating management on-call coverage on weekends and holidays. There will be the potential to move to a Sunday-Thursday schedule depending on staffing needs.  The new University of Iowa Health Care North Liberty Campus will open in the Spring of 2025. This 469,000 square foot facility will be home to UI Health Care’s nationally recognized Orthopedics service line, offering comprehensive, coordinated, and accessible care across the outpatient, inpatient and surgical venues. These state-of-the-art clinical facilities will also include a full-service community imaging center, laboratory services, physical therapy, retail pharmacy, and emergency department as well as an array of support services. The facility has been designed to support a superior patient and staff experience; excellence across our patient care, teaching and research missions; convenient access to services; and engaging community partnerships. UI Health Care is seeking a welcoming, highly-skilled and collaborative workforce to be a part of the opening team for this superb new campus, and to help further our mission of: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives. Duties to include: Perform laboratory processes including quantitative and qualitative analyses on clinical specimens. Investigate and resolve problems concerning patient testing and procedures. Monitor equipment performance, diagnose instrument problems/malfunctions and make repairs or initiate service requests. Serve as the technical expert for patient test result interpretation, specific tasks, work processes and procedures performed in a unit/shift. Plan, prioritize and direct work activities in the designated unit/shift to ensure smooth and efficient operation. Provide direct supervision of assigned personnel. Participate in conducting performance appraisals and the formal progressive disciplinary process as necessary. For a full job description, please send an e-mail to the contact listed below. The Department of Pathology is part of UI Health Care, a comprehensive health sciences center that serves Iowa and the region, as well as patients referred from the United States and overseas. The Clinical Laboratories are well recognized for providing outstanding and comprehensive care to the patients we serve. The breadth and depth of services provided are amongst the best in the country. The educational programs that the department participates in includes medical students, clinical laboratory scientists as well as biomedical scientists. To learn more:  Required Qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree in a chemical, biological, clinical laboratory science or medical technology program from an accredited college/university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.  1 – 3 years clinical laboratory experience within the past 5 years is required. 1 – 3 years of experience with high complexity testing is required for any position that will oversee a unit which performs high complexity testing. **Certification as Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), or specialist certification in appropriate laboratory discipline from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) is required.  Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required. Must be proficient in computer software applications. Demonstrated leadership abilities and skills shown by successfully leading teams/groups in projects, work assignments, policy updates, etc. is required. Desirable Qualifications: Experience in a laboratory overseeing or performing moderate and/or high complexity testing in blood banking, chemistry, hematology, and microbiology is highly desired. Ability to interpret results of immunohematology testing and determine appropriate blood components for transfusion is highly desired. Experience in a Tissue Bank is desired. Position and Application details: In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the following documents and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission: Resume Cover Letter Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.  Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any criminal conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.  For additional questions, please contact Brenda Carey at brenda-carey@uiowa.edu. Applicant Resource Center –  Need help submitting an application or accepting an offer? Support is available Our  Applicant Resource Center  is now open in the Fountain Lobby at the Main Hospital.  Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:00pm – 4:00pm Or by appointment  Contact to schedule a time to visit. Additional Information Classification Title: Clin Care/Spec Svcs Supv Appointment Type: Professional and Scientific Schedule: Full-time Work Modality Options: On Campus Compensation Pay Level: 5A Starting Salary Minimum: $53,192 Starting Salary Maximum: Commensurate Contact Information Organization: Healthcare Contact Name: Brenda Carey Contact Email: brenda-carey@uiowa.edu