Quality Specialist Technician - Molecular at NeoGenomics Laboratories in Ft Myers, Florida

Job Description:

Are you motivated to participate in a dynamic, multi-tasking environment? Do you want to join a company that invests in its employees? Are you seeking a position where you can use your skills while continuing to be challenged and learn? Then we encourage you to dive deeper into this opportunity.

We believe in career development and empowering our employees. Not only do we provide career coaches internally, but we offer many training opportunities to expand your knowledge base! We have highly competitive benefits with a variety of HMO and PPO options. We have company 401k match along with an Employee Stock Purchase Program. We have tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and even start employees off with 16 days of paid time off plus holidays. We offer wellness courses and have highly engaged employee resource groups. Come join the Neo team and be part of our amazing World Class Culture!

NeoGenomics is looking foraQuality Specialist Technician who wants to continue to learn in order to allow our company to grow. Shift time: Monday-Friday, 10:00am-6:30pm

Now that you know what we're looking for in talent, let us tell you why you'd want to work at NeoGenomics:

As an employer, we promise to provide you with a purpose driven mission in which you have the opportunity to save lives by improving patient care through the exceptional work you perform. Together, we will become the world's leading cancer reference laboratory.

Position Summary:

The Quality Specialist Technician - Molecular is responsible for executing quality initiatives in the laboratory operational disciplines. Assists in the maintenance of a Quality Program utilizing recognized principles of quality assurance and current good laboratory principles (GLP) and as applicable for Clinical Research Organization work (CRO) which NeoGenomics may perform. Reports to Operational management (Supervisor or Manager) but maintains a collaborative/ dotted line partnership and close working relationship with Quality Assurance Department personnel and Compliance.

Core Responsibilities:

• Maintains awareness of and ensures compliance with various regulatory guidelines i.e., CAP, FDA, CLIA, HIPAA, OIG, OSHA, CMS, etc.
• Manages operational area specific to quality control and regulatory requirements, e.g. continual readiness, standard operating procedures (SOPs), proficiency testing surveys, alternate assessment, correlation studies, calibration verification, competency of testing personnel, etc.
• Coordinates quality control activities as assigned, monitors and ensures adherence to quality control measures
• Analyzes data to detect trends and quality control deviations, recognizes quality control problems and develops solutions, may monitor and sign off on scheduled quality control review
• Assists in root cause analysis, identification of root cause, assists in development of corrective action plan to prevent recurrence and ensure follow up actions
• Maintains digital and physical records including, but not limited to, maintenance logs, personnel folders, reagent/control QC documentation and training/competency records
• Works directly with Laboratory and Banking Department to coordinate sample storage and archiving.
• Other duties as assigned

Experience, Education and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in one of the chemical, physical, or biological sciences
• At least one year of laboratory experience, training, or training course

• Experience in molecular-based testing preferred
• Experience in Laboratory Quality Program preferred

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