<p><strong>About this opportunity:</strong><strong><br></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">At Freenome, we are seeking a Clinical Laboratory General Supervisor. This person is responsible for all things related to the general supervision of Clinical Laboratory personnel and the daily operations of the Analytical Laboratory. The Clinical Laboratory General Supervisor will often be the first point of contact for CLSs and Laboratory Associates during laboratory processing and will provide guidance while troubleshooting complex problems. The Clinical Laboratory General Supervisor may also perform high complexity laboratory testing on patient specimens, interpret and report patient results, and perform quality control and quality assurance procedures while complying with all applicable local, state, and federal laboratory requirements. The Clinical Laboratory General Supervisor must demonstrate the ability to analyze complex issues and make sound decisions in a timely manner, commitment to helping and motivating employees, the ability to respond to difficult issues quickly, fairly, and ethically, outstanding organizational skills, the ability to respond to change with flexibility and to adapt quickly to evolving circumstances, and excellent communication skills including utilizing various communication channels, proactively communicating team goals and priorities clearly, openly and objectively, and communicating changes, issues, and challenges in all directions of the organization.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">The role reports to the Senior Director, Laboratory Operations.</span></p> <p><strong>Working Hours:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">The standard hours of this position are Monday to Friday 10:00am-6:30pm (subject to change to support business needs). Onboarding training hours for this role are 7:30am-4:00pm and can last for up to two months. Periodic weekend rotations will be required for approximately 6 months.</span></p> <p><strong>What you’ll do:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Providing day-to-day supervision of laboratory personnel<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Being responsible for the daily operations of the laboratory, including but not limited to scheduling and independently troubleshooting and resolving technical and non-technical high-complexity problems that adversely affect test performance<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Performing administrative duties, including but not limited to writing employee performance evaluations and reviewing standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, protocols, training forms, QC forms, and equipment maintenance forms<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Performing annual review of SOPs and work instructions<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Coaching and mentoring Clinical Laboratory Scientists (CLSs) and laboratory associates, including but not limited to providing guidance and constructive feedback and assisting with the development of the troubleshooting and judgment skills of CLSs and laboratory associates<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Managing the testing and validation of new procedures and laboratory equipment<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Performing laboratory tests, procedures, and analyses according to the laboratory's SOPs, as needed<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Reviewing, interpreting, and reporting study results in the company’s laboratory information management system (LIMS) as assigned<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Performing, reviewing, and documenting laboratory QC procedures, as needed<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Possessing strong technical expertise in assay troubleshooting <br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Possessing strong working knowledge of the LIMS platform, including end-to-end workflow functionality, and troubleshooting<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting laboratory equipment, as needed<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Leading and/or assisting with the training of existing laboratory personnel in new procedures and the training of new laboratory personnel<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Leading internal and external inspection preparation activities<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Participating in quality assurance activities<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Effectively communicating technical information to technical and non-technical audiences<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Maintaining stringent standards for quality, identifying any issues that might adversely impact the