TITLE Confirmations Manager

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

Cordant Health Solutions has over 29 successful years as a highly recognized leader in the toxicology industry, providing solutions for clinicians, criminal justice agencies and treatment providers involved with substance use disorder and criminal justice cases.

We are looking for highly motivated and compassionate individuals who want to be part of our organization's dedication to making a difference in the lives of those we serve!

Cordant's testing protocols and digital case-management tools allow us to provide accurate and actionable results, helping clients become more efficient and effective in monitoring patient adherence, reduce risk, and support participants so they achieve success in their program goals.

At Cordant Health Solutions, we are made up of motivated and compassionate team members who are all part of the solution!

LOCATION Flagstaff, AZ

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME Full-Time

DESCRIPTION

We are seeking an experienced laboratory Confirmations Manager to join our team in Flagstaff, AZ. This position is responsible for the management of the confirmations department including sample preparation and confirmatory analysis via LC/MS/MS of urine and oral fluid specimens for drugs and abuse in a forensic environment. This includes the management of people, processes, inventory, and machines. We desire strong skills in process improvement, problem solving, enforcement of, and compliance with, policies and procedures, procedures optimization, communication and reporting, record keeping, and other laboratory operations.

Role Responsibilities

Oversight includes sample handling and liquid chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS) analysis that are in accordance with lab standard practices.
Oversight of confirmation result certification.
Applies knowledge and skill to produce quality work and facilitate meeting TAT goals.
Ensures all methods and validations meet with certification and compliance requirements under the direct leadership of the lab director and lab management.
Collaborates with leadership to solve work-related problems within or between departments and sites, answering and resolving questions/issues daily.
Allocate work schedules, assignments, and analytical resources to meet production goals, respond to fluctuating workloads, and improve quality and productivity of laboratory operations.
Read and maintain department's standard operation procedures in accordance with laboratory guidelines and best practices under the direction of the laboratory director.
Enforce compliance of all policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, and best practices for: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), safety, environmental, hazardous materials, equipment, and security.
Maintain personal accountability for attendance, productivity, training, and incidents with analytical staff, and employee appraisals.
Ensure that all work is complete, accurate and meets our high-quality standards.
Determines proper levels of materials and makes sure inventory is maintained to meet anticipated work volumes.
Point of contact for Information Technology department for all trouble shooting and any new product of process development.
Actively participates in all internal inspections. Technical resource and participant for external audits and inspections.
Schedules staff to ensure optimum production and work coverage.

Qualification Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in a hard science field (i.e. Chemistry, Biology, etc.) Credits will be evaluated and 5+ years of laboratory experience.
Masters' Degree in a hard science field (i.e. Chemistry, Biology, etc.) with 3 years of laboratory experience.
Doctoral Degree in a hard science field (i.e. Chemistry, Biology, etc.) with 2 years of laboratory experience.
Previous supervisor, and or training experience >2 years required.

Desired Additional Skills

Experience with sample preparation techniques and LC/MS/MS platforms.
Familiarity with CLIA and CAP accreditation requirements.
Excel, Word, Power BI, LIMS software proficiency

EOE STATEMENT

Cordant Health Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer that believes diversity leads to a stronger organization. All qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or conviction record, predisposing genetic characteristics, or military status in hiring, tenure, training, terms, and conditions or privileges of employment.

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