LetsGetChecked is a leading at-home health testing company, with a platform that allows consumers to discover and access personalised health information conveniently, confidentially and accurately. We empower people to take an active role in their health to live longer, happier lives. LetsGetChecked was founded in 2015 and has corporate offices located in New York City and Dublin.
LGC Labs is the trusted partner in laboratory testing for LetsGetChecked. With a shared vision for the future of healthcare, together, our experts are constantly innovating and refining to help people live longer, happier lives. Our labs take pride in maintaining a scientific rigour, accountability and standards that go above and beyond requirements of regulatory governance.
The Technical Supervisor is a responsible for technical and scientific oversight of the NGS Molecular Genetics laboratory. Specifically the candidate will oversee the development, optimization, commercialization and ongoing quality of current and future clinical Molecular Genetic testing related to NGS.
Requirements
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Interface with clinical and laboratory staff including management, medical directors, internal nursing/physicians, and technical staff
- Review and interpret NGS data to ensure proper gene calls and clinical outcomes are resulted
- Establishes a quality control program appropriate for the testing performed, establishes the acceptable levels of analytic performance, and ensures these levels are maintained throughout the testing process.
- Identify areas where testing can be optimized to enhance test performance, throughput, or clinical accuracy.
- Searches and studies the literature to introduce new areas of testing and provide experimental design for new assay development
- Project manage development and validation procedures to ensure they meet CAP/CLIA requirements
- Review and sign off on validation summaries to ensure they contain data to support clinical decision making
- Enrolls the laboratory in an approved PT program commensurate with services offered.
- Work with in-house QA Manager to conduct internal audits and implement quality assurance measures as needed
- Participate in routine CAP of CALFS audits as needed
- Identifies training needs and ensures testing personnel receive regular in-service training and evaluates the competency of all testing personnel on an ongoing basis.
- Evaluates and documents Testing Personnel’s performance at six months and twelve months during the first year of employment and yearly thereafter.
- Verifies procedures for testing performed and establishes the laboratory’s performance criteria, including accuracy and precision of each test and test system.
Basic Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of training and working experience in a clinical molecular pathology laboratory
- Ph.D. or M.D. degree in Genetics or related fields.
- CA State Clinical Lab Scientist License with clinical genetic molecular biologist scientist (CGMBS) or CLS Generalist with relevant experience
- Eligibility or certification by American Board of Medical Genetics in Clinical Molecular Genetics or certification in Highly Complex Laboratory Director (HCLD, ABB)