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Manages one or more functional areas of a department. Manages two or more professional and support staff including subordinate supervisors. Typically has hire, fire, or promotion authority. Evaluates and makes improvements to department processes while ensuring compliance with organizational policies and applicable laws and regulations. More discretion and greater financial authority than other lower management levels. Manages initiatives, strategic priorities and programs which have an impact on the organization. Works independently and in collaboration with leadership to support the budget process and meeting key operational goals. Plans, organizes, facilitates, monitors, and evaluates activities and functions of the department/functional business area based employee/organizational goals. Collaborates with leaders to establish operating procedures, enhance clinical/non-clinical workflows, increase productivity, and improve overall quality outcomes and operational efficiencies within a variety of delivery settings.

Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in a related field and completion of a masters degree in a relevant field within three years of hire in the role. Certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or equivalent. Seven (7) years of work experience in a laboratory setting with at least two (2) years in a supervisory or management role.

Provides management and oversight of Histopathology to ensure quality testing, fiscal responsibility, and volume-based staffing targets are met.

Job Responsibility Weight 50.0%
3Ensures services are delivered using established standards of care for laboratory practice.
3Ensures care team members understand how their role contributes to the laboratorys and organizations goals.
3Performs annual evaluations, mid years and planning stages for care team members by established deadlines
3Leads (delegates) daily laboratory huddles
3Routinely rounds on laboratory care team members
3Conducts staff meetings as necessary
3Ensure accessibility to care team members
3Actively managers staffing using rounding and workload volume reports
3Manages supplies and FTE expense
3Supports an environment of continuous process improvement
3Ensures laboratory resulting errors are within limits supporting quality patient care
3Actively participates on Pathology and Laboratory ICCE Operations Committee
3Actively participates in Pathology and Laboratory ICCE Managers meeting
Ensures Histopathology Department adheres to quality, safety, regulatory, certification, and accreditation standards
Job Responsibility Weight 35.0%
3Leads and supports care team members participation on IMPROVE projects
3Collaborates with Medical Director to identify and implement meaningful performance indicators to access testing services across pre-analytic, analytic, analytic and post-analytic testing processes.
3Actively participates in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ICCE Quality Committee and Clinical Lab Advisory Committee
3Ensures care team members are knowledgeable of applicable standards and demonstrate consistent performance adhering to standards.
3Ensures core competencies are uploaded and managed using MediaLab.
3Ensure care team members perform critical task competencies as required to meet accrediting agencies guidelines.
3Ensures care team members personnel files are uploaded and current as required by accrediting agencies, including diplomas and updated licenses.
3Ensures EOC & safety rounds are conducted weekly and documented appropriately.
3Ensures laboratories meet accrediting agencies safety guidelines
3Successfully leads an passes CAP self-inspections/biannual inspection with minimal deficiencies, and develops corrective actions for deficiencies noted during inspection.
3Ensures all policies and procedures are uploaded and maintained in MediaLab
3Ensures all regulatory checklists are uploaded into MediaLab and are responded to appropriately within defined deadlines
Ensures care team members receive continued education and professional growth in addition to ensuring the laboratory settings is conducive to teaching health care practitioners
Job Responsibilities Weight 15.0%
3Ensures care team members receive continued education and professional growth, in addition to ensuring the laboratory setting is conducive to teaching health care practitioners
3Collaborates with Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ICCE Educator to ensure care team members receive support to identify both internal and external educational resources and programs to support professional growth.
3Facilitates service-based orientation and continuing education needs of team.
3Ensure employee performance is consistent and congruent with established criteria for each position and/or level of advancement
3Mentors care team members to support Career Ladder advancement
3Ensures positive experiences for students, residents and health care practitioners.
3Completes ongoing self-education and professional growth in both clinical and leadership practice.
3Mentors Coordinators

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