CLIA Director

Job Location: This position will be located at 101 N. Chestnut Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101.

Why you’ll love this position:

The MSPHL is a well-established Midwestern state public health laboratory that has been in operation since 1906, and currently consists of approximately 110 team members and an operating annual budget of approximately $14 million. The MSPHL exists in Jefferson City, Missouri and operates within a 117,000 square foot facility that was custom designed and opened in 2007, complete with substantial operating BSL3 laboratories. A branch laboratory is also maintained in southeast Missouri. The MSPHL is in the midst of embarking on an exciting laboratory construction project that will build additional space/buildings for the MSPHL, as well as join several other Missouri state agency laboratories into a state of the art “One Health” Laboratory Campus anchored at the existing MSPHL facility. The MSPHL prioritizes quality testing services through an established comprehensive quality assurance program that records excellent past performance on various laboratory quality checks and accreditations.

You will serve as the Laboratory CLIA Director to ensure the MSPHL continues to operate successfully within the requirements of CLIA for high complexity testing. You will assist in providing direction to Missouri’s designated Laboratory Response Network (LRN) laboratory. You will use your skills in management, innovation, and creativity to ensure the clinical testing at the MSPHL meets the requirements of CLIA high complexity testing. You will apply your diverse understanding of laboratory operations, CLIA requirements, quality assurance, and technical testing methodologies for multiple disciplines of laboratory science, including: chemistry, microbiology, serology, molecular-based methodologies, and alcohol toxicology that collectively produce over 7 million analyses annually utilizing an established laboratory information management system.

The MSPHL is located in Jefferson City, Missouri; a peaceful Midwestern capital city situated on the Missouri River with a population of approximately 40,000. The MSPHL is located within minutes of Missouri’s two land grant universities: Lincoln University (3 miles) and the University of Missouri (30 miles). The University of Missouri is located in Columbia, Missouri (population 125,000) and is a member of the NCAA’s Southeastern Conference (SEC) with a total student enrollment of approximately 31,000. The MSPHL is located less than 2 driving hours of St. Louis (2.8 million metro population) and 2.5 driving hours of Kansas City (2.4 million metro population). The MSPHL is also within minute’s access to Missouri’s cross-state Katy Biking Trail and less than one hour drive to the picturesque and major Midwestern tourist destination of The Lake of the Ozarks.

• Be the Laboratory CLIA Director at the MSPHL and conduct the responsibilities of a Laboratory CLIA Director for high complexity testing listed in CFR Title 42, §493.1145.
• Work closely with our quality assurance officer at the MSPHL.
• Provide technical oversight, support and advice to MSPHL testing units in order to meet the MSPHL mission, customer needs and regulatory compliance.
• Assist the Laboratory Director, Section Managers, and Fiscal Manager in overseeing the testing operations at the MSPHL.
• Manage, evaluate and implement creative approaches to the efficient operation, quality improvement and organization of the MSPHL.

Minimum Qualifications:

• An acceptable applicant must provide documentation of meeting the requirements of CMS CLIA Laboratory Director of High Complexity Testing described in CFR Title 42, § 493.1441
• Current required board certification approved by HHS include the following:
  
  1. ABB - American Board of Bioanalysis
  
  2. ABB public health microbiology certification
  
  3. ABCC - American Board of Clinical Chemistry
  
  4. ABFT - American Board of Forensic Toxicology (limited to individuals with a doctoral degree with Fellow status)*
  
  5. ABMGG - American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (formerly known as American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG))
  
  6. ABMLI - American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology
  
  7. ABMM - American Board of Medical Microbiology
  
  8. ACHI -American College of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (formerly known as American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ABHI))
  
  9. NRCC - National Registry of Certified Chemists (limited to individuals with a doctoral degree) *
  
  * These boards certify non-doctoral individuals also.

Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here .

Adam Perkins adam.perkins@health.mo.gov, 573-751-3334

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• State of Missouri

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