HLA Laboratory Quality Manager
City of Hope
Irwindale, CA
Job posting number: #7301474 (Ref:10028909)
Posted: February 19, 2025
Salary / Pay Rate: $56.43 - $94.23 / hour
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
HLA Laboratory Quality Manager
Join the transformative team atCity of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
The HLA Laboratory Quality Manager, reporting directly to our HLA Laboratory Director, is tasked with overseeing and implementing quality management initiatives, ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations, and maintaining safety standards within the HLA Laboratory departments. This role involves serving as a key resource for the department, ensuring adherence to laws, regulations, and accrediting agency requirements. The HLA Quality Manager collaborates with other institutional departments to manage quality and regulatory activities related to HLA Laboratory operations. Additionally, the role involves interaction with external regulatory and accrediting agencies to uphold proper licensing, accreditation, and reporting. Staff training and competency will be managed by the licensed Lab Manager during the licensing process.
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Work with our HLA Laboratory Director and supervisor in the administration, maintenance, and on-going development of the department’s quality management system and performance of quality/regulatory activities
- Develop, maintain, and execute policies, processes, and procedures for quality activities
- Manage internal and external quality assessments as assigned and assist in hosting inspections by external regulatory agencies and/or contractors with HLA Laboratory
- Responsible for the development of policies, processes, and procedures for new and/or revised investigational protocols that require products or services from HLA Laboratory.
Your qualifications should include:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Five to seven years of experience including quality management and laboratory compliance.
- Regulatory affairs experience with: CAP, ASHI, CLIA, FACT, NMDP, CDPH (California Department of Public Health)
- California license as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist or Immunohematology limited license; or will obtain either of the California licenses within 9 monthsfrom date of hire or transfer.
- Preferred:CHS (ACHI – American College of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics)
City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, please click here.
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Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $56.43 - $94.23 / hour
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.
