Tempus Labs, Inc. is hiring a
Specimen Management Supervisor

Summary

Join a team passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry as a Pre-Analytics Supervisor. Oversee day-to-day management of the Specimen Intake team, ensuring goals and business needs are met. Develop and maintain specimen intake processes and workflows as needed by the lab.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 3+ years working in a clinical laboratory required
• Highly organized and systematic, superb attention to detail, and ability to complete tasks with a high degree of accuracy
• Demonstrated problem resolution and decision-making skills for operational and technical problems
• Proven ability to learn new skills quickly and adapt to new processes smoothly
• Previous people management experience
• Proven ability to communicate well across teams and functions

Responsibilities

• Operational management of specimen intake workflows to ensure goals and business needs are consistently met, including staff scheduling, prioritizing workload, quality and compliance oversight, and managing the needs of a growing lab
• Hiring, training, annual reviews, recognition, coaching, and corrective action for team members
• Ensure training plans meet the needs of the organization and competency assessments are performed and maintained in a timely manner
• Audit quality, productivity, and throughput reports to ensure all samples are processed in a timely manner and with a high degree of accuracy
• Identify and document occurrences that deviate from defined procedures
• Investigate and resolve all incident reports
• Develop and maintain specimen intake processes and workflows as needed by the lab
• Troubleshoot and document issues as they arise
• Ensure department inventory is appropriately stocked and organized
• Maintain clinical skills and competencies to assist the specimen intake team as needed
• Collaborate with other departments, both internal and external, to ensure aligned and optimized workflows
• Perform other duties, as assigned