Lead Lab Technician (Molecular)
- The Lead Technician coordinates daily laboratory operations at the bench, ensuring workflow efficiency, quality performance, and adherence to standard operating procedures.
- Serves as a senior technical resource and operational leader without primary responsibility for personnel management or program ownership.
- May function as a delegated General Supervisor in accordance with CLIA requirements.
- Coordinate workflow across accessioning, extraction, amplification, and data review
- Perform and oversee routine testing, including PCR and analysis
- Provide real-time troubleshooting for instruments and assays
- Monitor QA and QC
- Train staff and support competency assessments
- Ensure proper specimen handoff between accessioning and testing
- Monitor inventory and communicate supply needs
- Ensure adherence to SOPs and documentation requirements
- Prioritize workflow and assign bench responsibilities
- Hold or delay results based on quality concerns
- Initiate troubleshooting and reassign tasks as needed
- Escalate non-routine issues to Lab Supervisor
- Meets CLIA high-complexity testing personnel requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a chemical, physical, biological, or clinical laboratory science OR
- equivalent
- 2–4 years of clinical laboratory experience (molecular preferred)
- Experience in PCR workflows and troubleshooting
- Experience training or mentoring staff preferred
- Technical expertise in molecular workflows
- Workflow coordination and prioritization
- Attention to detail and quality focus
- Clear communication and team leadership skills
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