- Location
- San Carlos, CA · San Carlos, California, United States
- Department
- Panorama
- Education
- Master
- Source
- Greenhouse
Description
Position Summary
The Supervisor of the clinical laboratory is a member of the Operations Department whose role is to oversee employees' performance and serve as a liaison between employees and senior management to meet company goals and quality objectives. The supervisor is responsible for daily supervision of lab staff performing duties such as laboratory testing and data review. Duties include but are not limited to coaching, motivating, staffing, evaluating,
and training staff. The supervisor works closely with the manager to ensure company and team goals are met while adhering to good manufacturing practices and CLIA/CAP guidelines.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provides direct supervision to professional individual contributors and/or skilled, support individual contributors
- Ensures production work is consistently completed according to department goals.
- Administers company policies that directly affect subordinate employees.
- Monitors team members to ensure adherence to SOPs and safety procedures
- Oversees training and development of all staff members
- Document nonconformances and all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the established performance specifications as needed. Escalates protocol deviation to lead/supervisor.
- Handles employee issues in collaboration with the department manager and Human Resources.
- Ensures alignment with team for reasoning behind instructions/processes and changes
- Plans and leads shift meetings. Meets regularly with individual team members to discuss goals and progress
- Go-to person when manager is not present.
- May assist lab team in day-to-day tasks
- Keeps team morale up and maintains professionalism of team members, including by acting as role model.
- Identifies trends and issues and effectively executes solutions
- Actively interacts with interdepartmental teams such as OPS, Accessioning, Engineering, Stats, R&D, and Support.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in medical technology, laboratory science, chemical, physical, or biological sciences with 4.5+ years of industry-related experience with at least two years working in a clinical laboratory or Master's Degree in medical technology, laboratory science, chemical, physical, or biological sciences with 2+ years of industry-related experience with at least two years working in a clinical laboratory
- Current CA State CGMBS or CLS license is required for roles in California.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Proven leadership experience
- Able to take on own projects with little supervision.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and computer skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Compensation & Total Rewards
This range reflects a good-faith estimate of the base pay we reasonably expect to offer at the time of hire. Final compensation will vary based on experience, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.
This position is also eligible for additional compensation and benefits through Natera’s robust Total Rewards program, including:
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Annual performance incentive bonus
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Long-term equity awards
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Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
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401(k) with company match
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Generous paid time off and company holidays
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Additional wellness and work-life benefits
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/
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For more information:
- BBB announcement on job scams
- FBI Cyber Crime resource page
