Laboratory - Core Lab Manager - $5K sign on bonus

Hours of Work : 8a-5p

Days Of Week : Mon-Fri

Work Shift :

8X5 Day (United States of America)

Job Description : Overview

Methodist Dallas Medical Center is seeking an experienced and motivated manager to provide leadership, oversight, and direction for our clinical laboratory operations in both the Core laboratory and ER laboratory . This role carries 24 / 7 responsibility for ensuring high-quality, cost-effective laboratory services that support excellent patient care while advancing the mission and values of Methodist Health System.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee daily laboratory operations, including staffing, scheduling, and performance management.
• Ensure accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of laboratory testing and reporting.
• Maintain compliance with all regulatory, accreditation, and hospital requirements.
• Manage laboratory equipment and supply expenditures.
• Support, coach, and develop staff through training, competency assessments, and continuing education.
• Select and implement appropriate test methodologies and quality control programs.
• Actively participate in regulatory inspections.
• Foster collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Other Considerations (communication, interpersonal skills, etc.)

1. Computer literacy

2. Demonstrates good communication skills within the department and to outside inquiries

3. Ability to develop and maintain a good working relationship with all levels of staff

4. Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in fast paced environment

5. Maintains professional approach to handling confidential material

6. Works with equipment values in excess of $100,000.00

7. Ability to plan, organize and direct multiple activities concurrently

8. Analytical ability to interpret statistics and financial data

9. Demonstrated evidence of leadership, creativity and self-improvement

I. Primary Function

Responsible for planning, coordinating, supervising and staffing assigned section where a variety of laboratory tests are conducted to obtain data for the use in diagnosis and treatment of disease

II. Essential Duties and Measurements

1. Participates in patient and customer related services, i.e. value management teams, lab / interdepartmental teams and committees

Assist and / or provides the department during times of increased workload or personnel absenteeism with resources needed to provide uninterrupted services to our customers.

Works within the department to ensure the integrity or results by modeling appropriate behavior and reinforcement through teaching

2. Develops, analyzes, maintains a monitors the financial plan within the department. Coordinates and approved laboratory supply expenditures, including cost benefit analyses for equipment and competitive bids. Reviews and approved proper distribution of financial resources. Responsible for the efficient use of personnel with the department

3. Provides a professional open atmosphere for the personal growth of each employee by guiding them in their development and achievement of goals. Provides positive reinforcement for measured successes as well as resources for areas needing improvement Communicates effectively with personnel on all hos0pital and laboratory guidelines. Responsible for the education of multidisciplinary personnel. Develops, maintains, reviews and revises appropriate departmental standard operating procedures and guidelines

Manages entire laboratory on weekends as needed

4. Utilizes innovation and problem solving skills commensurate with the value management approach for both individual and group decision making. Investigates and generates Risk Management and occurrence reports as well as internal quality assurance issues. Develops, implements and maintains in conjunction with the medical and administrative directors an effective QI program for their department

5. Administers and evaluates proficiency and competency assessments given to individual employees and follows through wit worrectiv4e action as needed. Provides opportunities for departmental employees to expand both their technical and professional knowledge base. Continually reevaluates current methodologies to ascertain those areas in which improvements can be made that help to improve patient care. Gathers and reviews individual employee performance abilities by recognizing both areas of strength and weaknesses, thus, teaching the employee to share talents that can be used to benefit and to help build areas needing improvement.

6. Actively involved in reviewing and critiquing possible recommendations of employees and in reviewing articles for possible improvement; thus, sharing information with employees while developing personnel recommendations as well

7` Prepares and participates in regulatory agency inspections. Makes necessary self inspections of department suing appropriate checklists and provides inspectors with all necessary documents requested

Goals / assigned projects

Works closely with Human Resources in evaluating potential candidates for positions open with the department. Validation and critiques of computer

Methodist Dallas Medical Center is one of North Texas’ best places to work. And it keeps getting better. The flagship hospital of Methodist Health System, Methodist Dallas is a 595-bed acute care teaching and referral hospital. It is home to the only adult Level I Trauma Center in southern Dallas, the first and only Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center in southern Dallas, and the newly renovated Linda and Mitch Hart Breast Center. Celebrating more than 90 years of service, we strive to have a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcomes the skills and talents of all groups. Our reputation as an award-winning employer shows in the distinctions we’ve earned :