Location
Chantilly, Loudoun County, VA | United States
Job description
The Cytogenetics Director is responsible for providing clinical consultation to the clinical laboratory within her/his area(s) of expertise, which will maximize quality patient care and ensure continuous business growth throughout Quest Diagnostics. The incumbent will assume Technical Director/Clinical Consultant responsibilities as assigned by the Laboratory Director.
Scientific:
- Utilizing laboratory procedures, diagnoses from body tissue, fluids, secretions, and other specimens, the presence and stage of Reviews, interprets and documents clinical test results within established turnaround times.
- Honors requests for consultations from clinicians regarding the appropriateness and interpretation of laboratory tests. Due to the importance of quality patient care, servicing consultation requests of all types is considered imperative.
- Provides inputs for new research developments in the appropriate fields of expertise. Makes recommendations on tests to develop, consistent with mandates from the Chief Science Officer.
- Educational responsibilities- Provide educational programs for the medical and laboratory staff, and participates in educational programs of the Company. Assume Technical Supervisor or Clinical Consultant responsibilities in Cytogenetics as delegated in the Laboratory Director Responsibilities
- Skills/experience in medical publications is desired
Policy:
- Collaborates in reviewing test method selection and validation.
- Collaborates in ensuring that the proficiency testing program is conducted in a timely manner and reviewed by appropriate staff, and, approve of corrective action when a proficiency testing result is found to be unsatisfactory.
- Collaborates in monitoring quality control to ensure that acceptable levels of analytical performance are maintained for each reviewed and signed out cases.
- Collaborates in corrective action and preventative action plans and procedures.
- Collaborates in the annual review of Standard Operating Procedures for test systems.
- Collaborates in reviews of report format for appropriateness of clinical information communicated in areas of assigned expertise. Callaborates in review of interpretative reporting comments as needed.
- Primarily has sign out responsibilities.
- Expected to work the assigned shift hours.
- Participates in the weekend rotations.
- Available to travel and work onsite under special circumstances for a reasonable time as required by the business need or as per the discretion of the chief director.
- Conflict of interest with any other concurrent role/work will be reviewed.
Lab Management:
- Collaborates professionally with Laboratory manager, supervisors, technologists and other laboratory operations staff.
- Collaborates in review of potential reference ranges for all new analyses in areas of assigned expertise.
- Interacts with both internal (Client and Lab Services) and external clients to facilitate and foster increased transfer of information related to medicine and science.
- Attendance at National meetings in areas of assigned expertise to maintain/build knowledge and to provide representation for the company.
- Board Certified in Clinical Cytogenetics by ABMGG, certification in LGG or Molecular Genetics is a plus. New York (and California for SJC) License or eligibility is preferred.
- Director/assistant director level practical experience in a Clinical Cytogenetics laboratory.
- Chromosomal microarray reporting experience is a preferred
While we appreciate and value our staffing partners, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Quest will not be responsible for paying agency fees for any individual as to whom an agency has sent an unsolicited resume.
Quest Diagnostics is an equal employment opportunity employer. Our policy is to recruit, hire and promote qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other status protected by state or local law. Quest Diagnostics observes minimum age requirements established by federal, state and/or local laws, and will ask an applicant for verification when deemed necessary.
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