Director, Clinical Laboratory

Prime Healthcare Director, Clinical Laboratory Newark, New Jersey

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community! Saint Michael's Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.

Established by the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor in 1867, Saint Michael's Medical Center is a 358-bed regional tertiary-care, teaching, and research center in the heart of Newark's business and educational district and is accredited by The Joint Commission.

Combining state-of-the-art technology, the latest diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, leading-edge research, and a network of highly qualified physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals, the hospital provides top-quality health care services delivered with compassionate care.

The first medical institution in New Jersey to perform open-heart surgery, and the first to develop a cardiac catheterization program, Saint Michael's Medical Center is home to the Heart and Vascular Institute, which offers a comprehensive array of innovative cardiac treatments and procedures.

The Lab Director is responsible for the overall management of the clinical laboratory and / or multiple departments including administrative, financial, compliance, quality improvement, technical, and personnel activities in accordance with established hospital and department policies and standards.

Provides operational guidance to local site management. Ensures system integration of department structure, policy, procedure, information technology, supply chain, Human Resource, and quality assurance.

Secures compliance of laboratory service with local, state, federal (CLIA), and other regulatory agency (CAP, TJC) standards.

Takes on special projects or other assignments and completes them within timeframe. Meets and consults with Corporate Laboratory Operations Leadership for policies, procedures, forms, instrumentation, equipment, supplies, and LIS.

Promotes standardization throughout the system. Ensures laboratories will meet or exceed established corporate / site KPIs in finance, quality, and service.

Performs routine laboratory testing to support the department as needed.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

• Bachelor of Science degree in a scientific field to meet requirements of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA).
• Possession of a valid license or certificate of Clinical Laboratory Scientist or Medical Technologist or Medical Laboratory Scientist, ASCP preferred.
• Minimum 5 years supervisory clinical laboratory experience required.
• General Accounting and statistics and financial operating experience.
• Quality Control and quality tools management courses desired.
• Master’s Degree preferred.

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.

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