MLS Supervisor - Core Laboratory, Weekends

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.
• One (1) – three (3) years clinical laboratory experience within the past five (5) years is required.
• One (1) – three (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) or certification as a Medical Technologist (MT) from Health Education and Welfare (HEW) is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities and skills shown by successfully leading teams/groups in projects, work assignments, policy updates, etc. is required.

 

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience with validation and implementation of new testing or instruments.
• Experience with laboratory inspection and accreditation activities.
• Experience working in an academic health center.
• Knowledge of and applied experience working with collective bargaining work rules.
• Experience developing and delivering laboratory sciences-based technical training.
• Experience working with total laboratory automation.
• Experience working with middleware.
• System to instrument interface experience.
• Excellent documentation skills.

 

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 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.

• Classification Title: Clin Care/Spec Svcs Supv
• Appointment Type: Professional and Scientific
• Schedule: Full-time
• Work Modality Options: On Campus

• Pay Level: 5A
• Starting Salary Minimum: 51,693.00
• Starting Salary Maximum: to Commensurate

• Organization: Healthcare
• Contact Name: Brenda Carey
• Contact Email: brenda-carey@uiowa.edu