POSITION SUMMARY:

The Pathology Support Supervisor is responsible for developing sample review to meet, maintain, and exceed required standards in productivity, quality, and accuracy while promoting a positive teamwork environment.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide daily direction to sample review team members and monitor productivity to meet KPIs requirements.

Provide real-time and continual feedback/training regarding processes, accuracy, and professionalism.

Evaluate and provide to management opportunities for improvement in operations, efficiency, processes, training, team work, and morale.

Provide performance metrics, feedback, and coaching for all team members and administer progressive discipline as required.

Available real time for sample review team members that are experiencing work and/or personal issues providing appropriate coaching, counseling, direction, and resolution.

Own and support delegated daily monitoring assignments.

Ensure employees have appropriate training and necessary resources to perform all duties. 

Assist Manager of Pathology Support (Sample Review) with daily operation of sample review including development, analyses, implementation of staffing, training, scheduling, and reward/recognition programs. 

Interview and train employees.

Conduct performance appraisals.

Perform special project tasks and assist the team as needed.

Use good judgment in communication regarding department and/or employee concerns.

This role works with PHI on a regular basis both in paper and electronic form and have an access to various technologies to access PHI (paper and electronic) in order to perform the job.

Employee will have working knowledge of HIPAA policy and procedures and must comply with Natera policies in handling and protecting patient privacy.

Must maintain a current status on Natera training requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

Minimum of 2 years related experience and 1 year of experience in a leadership or supervisory role.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Ability to perform the entire range of sample review duties and processes.

Root cause analysis and problem-solving skills.

Adaptability to change and self-starter.

Ability to promote a positive team environment.

Ability to deliver training, mentoring, and constructive feedback in a professional manner.

Ability to de-escalate and resolve negative personnel interactions. 

Knowledge of administrative procedures and protocols.

Knowledge of numeric, oral, and written language applications.

Intermediate knowledge in Google Workplace and typing with excellence in spelling and grammar.

Excellence in attention to detail and organization skills.

Adaptability to change and self-starter.

Ability to maintain professionalism during highly escalated situations.  

Preferred Skills and Experience

Experience in the laboratory (clinical, anatomic pathology, molecular)

Problem analysis and problem solving.

Data collection and maintenance.

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.

WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!

For more information, visit www.natera.com.

Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents. 

Link: https://www.natera.com/notice-of-data-collection-california-residents/

Please be advised that Natera will reach out to candidates with a @natera.com email domain ONLY. Email communications from all other domain names are not from Natera or its employees and are fraudulent. Natera does not request interviews via text messages and does not ask for personal information until a candidate has engaged with the company and has spoken to a recruiter and the hiring team. Natera takes cyber crimes seriously, and will collaborate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute any related cyber crimes.

For more information:
- BBB announcement on job scams 
- FBI Cyber Crime resource page