Description: Job Summary:
Responsible for new clinical test development and improvements to existing methods; handles complex projects that involve the identification, assessment and development of scientific concepts and technologies and leads a team of professional and support personnel.

Essential Responsibilities:

Researches new and improved clinical Molecular Genetic Pathology laboratory methodologies.
Develops or validates new procedures, performs cost analysis, and evaluates their robustness and the feasibility of their implementation.
Presents recommendations to laboratory management.
Documents procedures.
Trains staff in new methodologies.
Creates and implements training protocols.
Provides technical expertise and problem-solving in methods of analytical and clinical Chemistry, Molecular Genetics, or Cytogenetics.
Demonstrates statistical analysis skills and proficiency with advanced chemistry (e.g., LC-MS, GC-MS, IR and atomic absorption and spectroscopy), molecular genetics (e.e., Q-PCR, NGS library prep, microarray, and other) Cytogenetics (e.e., chromosome analysis and FISH).
Keeps current with the technical literature and through attendance and presentation at scientific and clinical meetings.
Accountable for the implementation and interface of new equipment with existing technology, in conjunction with vendors and laboratory information system (LIS) staff.
Develops proficiency in platform-specific software to create protocols for quantitative measurement, quality control, and transmission of test orders and results.
Assesses current and proposed process flow(s).
Recommends, creates and implements improvements in those processes.
Consults internally and externally with clinical laboratory scientists, clinicians and providers on technical issues and aspects of test selection and interpretation.
Supports and coordinates Regional Laboratory, inter-facility and inter-regional projects.
Develops and implements projects that span a wide scope of clinical laboratory or Molecular Genetic Pathology laboratory disciplines. Basic Qualifications:
Experience

Minimum two (2) years of post-graduate clinical laboratory or NGS laboratory experience with distinguished track record.

Education

Bachelors degree in clinical laboratory science or related field required.

License, Certification, Registration

N/A

Additional Requirements:

Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Valid current California Clinical Laboratory Scientist or limited specialty license highly desirable.
Masters degree in analytical chemistry, Molecular Biology, or clinical laboratory science sub discipline with extensive course work in the appropriate sciences, including analytical chemistry, mathematics, physics, and statistics preferred.
PhD preferred.

Notes:

• 3 years or duration of existing/incoming projects. 

• Rotating schedule based on research and operational need.