Hospital Lab Manager

Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  Casual, PRN & Part Time employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan only. For more detailed information, please click here. 

Job Responsibilities

• Direct the daily operational activities of the General Lab ; both the technical and non-technical operations

• Effectively manage the staffing of the department and monitor the production schedule to ensure adequate coverage and proper use of overtime, and adjust as needed

• Directly supervisor, train, and mentor supervisors along with responsibility for all departmental staff

• Ensure the diagnostics laboratory provides market leading service levels, meeting the needs of our clients and corporate service metrics established for TAT

• Resolve client inquiries and operational issues in a timely manner by consulting with the Medical Director, Technical Director, QA, managers, discipline directors, laboratory directors or corporate operations

• Ensure laboratory is compliant with corporate, state and federal regulatory requirements (CAP, CLIA, State, ISO, etc) related to personnel safety and quality of laboratory testing as well as professional conduct

• Assist with developing and implementing laboratory procedures and installation of equipment and methods

• Manage staff including hiring qualified employees, performance management, training and development

• Ensure effective communication with leadership, clients, sales, corporate operations and all departmental staff

• Conduct departmental meetings and ensure appropriate departmental communication

• Investigate deviations from established procedures to ensure effective corrective action 

• Maintain technical knowledge in the assigned department(s) for the laboratory testing

 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a Chemical or Biological science, Clinical Laboratory Science, Medical Technology or meet local regulatory (CLIA & State) requirements

• Minimum 4 years of experience as a Technologist in a clinical diagnostics laboratory

• Prior supervisor experience managing several direct reports

• Previous experience managing people leaders is a plus 

• ASCP- Generalist certification is required

• Experience in a high volume clinical laboratory environment is preferred

• Strong working knowledge of CLIA, CAP and relevant state regulations

• Understanding of laboratory operations as well as policies and procedures

• Proven success in training and developing both technical and non-technical employees

• Ability to problem solve and provide solutions under minimal supervision

• Proficient with Laboratory Information Systems and Microsoft Office

• Strong communication skills; both written and verbal

• High level of attention to detail with strong organizational skills

• Comfortability making decisions in a changing environment

• Ability to handle the physical requirements of the position

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