Details
Posted: 15-Jul-22
Location: San Jose, California
Type: Full Time
Required Education: Doctorate
Categories:
Chiefs/Directors/Dept. Heads/CEO
Executive
Sector:
Hospital, Public and Private
Preferred Education:
Doctorate
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Director Clinical Diagnostic Cytogenetic Laboratory
San Jose, California
Directs a full service clinical/diagnostic cytogenetics laboratory for all Northern California providers and other facilities (inter-regional and non-Kaiser providers). Directs a laboratory performing over 6000 test per year. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, quality of tests, and competency of staff. Ensures high quality, accessible, cost effective and patient focused services to members across the continuum. Develops and maintains laboratory practice standards, budgets, and staff development.
Essential Functions:
- Ensures compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations and laws governing clinical cytogenetic testing.
- Ensures appropriate testing and proper reporting of all laboratory specimens.
- Directs, hires, and trains the laboratory staff, monitors their competency and develops in-services for their professional growth and certification.
- Develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates technical laboratory policies and procedures, quality control, and quality assurance programs.
- Performs case management and provides professional consultation.
- Assigns all cases, with instructions regarding testing process, reviews all test results, and interprets/reports results to inter- and intra-regional providers.
- Develops, justifies, and assures efficient utilization of the laboratory budget.
- Identifies and implements measures to maintain the state of the art in cytogenetic testing in a cost-effective manner, to increase accessibility, and to improve client and staff satisfaction, while improving quality of testing procedures and results.
- Researches, develops, and implements new laboratory procedures, techniques, and diagnostic tests.
- Evaluates and recommends if new test/technique should become a standard for the laboratory.
- Tracks the trends and analyzes test results. Maintains up-to-date knowledge in the field of genetics and provides expertise regarding changes in the area of cytogenetics.
- Consults with providers regarding test results.
- Provides education to providers, staff, residents, and other students.
- Represents the organization in the national and international scientific community.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum two (2) years of postdoctoral laboratory experience in genetics or related field.
- Minimum four (4) years of laboratory experience in cytogenetics.
- Minimum two (2) years of experience directing a clinical genetics laboratory.
Education
- D. and/or M.D. in Genetics or related field.
License, Certification, Registration
- Board eligibility or certification by the American Board of Medical Genetics in Clinical Cytogenetics.
- Must meet all State of California requirements for Director and Technical Supervisor of a licensed diagnostic cytogenetics laboratory.
Additional Requirements
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations required.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum of four (4) peer reviewed publications in genetics or a related field preferred.
For immediate consideration, please visit http://kp.org/careers for complete qualifications and job submission details, referencing job number 1090390.
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.
This position supports Kaiser Permanente’s code of conduct and compliance by adhering to all laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements, and internal policies and procedures.
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