Company Overview:
With the advent of genomic sequencing, we can finally decode and process our genetic makeup. We now have more data than ever before, but providers don't have the infrastructure or expertise to make sense of this data. Here at Tempus, we believe the greatest promise for the detection and treatment of cancer lies in the deep understanding of molecular activity for disease initiation, progression, and efficacious treatment based on the discovery of unique biomarkers. We're on a mission to connect an entire ecosystem to redefine how genomic data is used in clinical settings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Daily operational management of the Histology laboratory, including staff scheduling, workflow prioritization, quality and compliance oversight, and managing needs of a growing lab.
- Hiring, training, annual reviews, recognition, coaching, and corrective action for histology team members.
- Serve as a technical resource and participate on cross-functional teams to coordinate troubleshooting, develop process improvements, and to implement new workflows and products.
- Assist in the development and execution of training, orientation, and competency efforts to histology staff.
- Audit LIMS reports daily to ensure all samples are processed in appropriate time frames and with a high degree of accuracy.
- Equipment operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and appropriate documentation of maintenance activities.
- Maintain, periodically review, and sign Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Identify and document occurrences that deviate from defined procedures.
- Investigate and resolve all incident reports.
- Ensure inventory is appropriately stocked and organized.
- Maintain clinical skills and competencies to assist in the histology and immunohistochemistry workflows as needed.
- Optimize and validate new antibodies or the immunohistochemistry staining platforms.
- Other duties pertaining to histology and laboratory operations as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required:
- American Society for Clinical Pathology Histotechnician HT(ASCP) or Histotechnologist HTL(ASCP) Certification
- At least 5 years experience in the field including: cutting (fresh and fixed samples), staining (H&E and IHC), processing, embedding, and immunohistochemistry validation
- Completed a college degree with at least 60 total semester hours 12 coming from biology and chemistry
- Excellent communication skills
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work with others to plan and carry out daily tasks
- Self-driven and works well in an interdisciplinary team with minimal direction
- Impeccable attention to detail
- Strong problem solving skills including the ability to focus on a problem, using technical knowledge and company policies to arrive at a timely solution
- Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical individuals
- Ability to handle continual change and potentially stressful situations
Preferred:
- 4-year college degree, preferably in Biological Sciences or similar
- 3+ years successfully leading people in a clinical laboratory environment
- Experience with validating immunohistochemistry protocols
- Work in a CLIA/CAP high-complexity laboratory
- Experience writing, revising, and evaluating standard operating procedures
- Knowledge of troubleshooting all laboratory equipment
- Knowledge of LIMS platforms and various computer systems
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We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Additionally, for remote roles open to individuals in unincorporated Los Angeles – including remote roles- Tempus reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: engaging positively with customers and other employees; accessing confidential information, including intellectual property, trade secrets, and protected health information; and appropriately handling such information in accordance with legal and ethical standards. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.