Manager, Laboratory Operations Management - Evening Shift - Moreno Valley

Manager, Laboratory Operations Management

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for ensuring timely and accurate laboratory reporting in the section they manage; managing day-to-day operations of the clinical laboratory in a labor management partnership environment, including both credentialed and non-credentialed personnel; maintaining competency in laboratory testing and performing bench work as appropriate; and managing quality assurance, safety, compliance, regulatory, and accreditation standards and activities.

Essential responsibilities include :

• Providing developmental opportunities for others; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships.
• Managing designated work unit or team by translating business plans into tactical action items; overseeing the completion of work assignments and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Maintaining testing and training standards by ensuring alignment between the departments strategic initiatives and the development and implementation of technical and / or non-technical training materials while allocating training resources.
• Maintaining compliance and accreditation by influencing and implementing policies and work instructions in alignment with applicable regulations, license requirements, accreditation standards, and inspection checklists pertaining to laboratories and facilities where testing is performed.
• Serving as a link between medical laboratory services and other services by planning for the alignment of current practices with regulatory / accreditation changes and issues, inspection citations, current events, and trends relevant to services, quality, and training.
• Ensuring medical laboratory operations and improving processes by managing efficient operations, quality, service, patient safety, member / customer satisfaction, and cost effectiveness through evaluation and standardization of technical and / or non-technical services and processes.
• Managing service quality by reviewing applicable policies and procedures for audit and process improvement projects; recommending, establishing, and implementing corrective actions, preventive actions, and process improvements based on internal and external quality audits of technical and / or non-technical processes.

Minimum qualifications include :

Clinical Histocompatibility Scientist License (California) required at hire OR Clinical Cytogeneticist License (California) required at hire OR Clinical Microbiologist Scientist License (California) required at hire OR Clinical Toxicologist Scientist License (California) required at hire OR Clinical Hematologist Scientist License (California) required at hire OR Clinical Reproductive Biologist Scientist License (California) required at hire OR Clinical Laboratory Scientist License (California) required at hire OR Clinical Immunohematologist License (California) required at hire OR Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist License (California) required at hire OR Clinical Chemist Scientist License (California) required at hire.

Additional requirements include knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) in operations management, safety management, computer literacy, member service, medical sanitation and infection control, medical terminology, medical equipment, quality improvement, quality assurance and effectiveness, patient sample collection, business process improvement, cost optimization, operational excellence, compliance management, confidentiality, health care compliance, maintain files and records, employee training, stakeholder management, legal and regulatory requirements, and health care quality standards.

Preferred qualifications include technical supervisor certification from the American Board of Bioanalysis and medical technologist certification.