Advocate Health Care

Technical Laboratory Lead

Advocate Health Care$73K — $110K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Medical Technology, or related field
  • Medical Technologist (MT/MLS) certification or equivalent
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in a laboratory position
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to handle stressful situations professionally

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a resource and role model for lab staff through training and direction
  • Monitor and assess the accuracy of laboratory work
  • Assist in human resources duties including hiring and staff development
  • Advise staff on procedural changes and improve lab efficiency
  • Manage operating and capital budgets
  • Document quality assurance information according to protocols
  • Support organizational changes and maintain effective department communication

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, disability)
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care expenses
  • Educational Assistance Program
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
Full Job Description
Department:

60491 IL ACL Laboratories - Condell: Technical

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Laboratory Lead with an emphasis in automated Chemistry. Off bench time as schedule allows. Every other weekend and holidays. Eight hour shifts with start time at 530 or 600 depending on bench assignment.

Pay Range:
$35.50 - $53.25

Major Responsibilities:
  • Acts as a resource and role model to employees, which includes training/orienting and providing day-to-day work direction. Provides general direction and technical assistance to Technical Specialists, Medical Technologists, Medical Laboratory Technicians, Phlebotomists, and support staff.
  • Assigns, monitors, and reviews progress and accuracy of work, monitors productivity, maintains appropriate staffing levels, directs efforts and provides guidance on more complex issues.
  • Assists with human resource responsibilities, which may include interviewing and selection of new employees, staff development, resolution of employee concerns, and employee morale.
  • Assists in interpreting department policies and procedures, and advises and updates staff on procedural changes. Assists in improving the quality and efficiency of laboratory procedures, policies, and processes Participates in policy/procedure review process
  • Assists with preparation and monitoring of operating and capital budgets.
  • Performs all duties of the technical and/or support staff. Serves as staff resource regarding technical and/or administrative policies and procedures.
  • Documents all appropriate information for quality assurance/improvement according to established protocol. Utilizes laboratory information systems appropriately.
  • Assists in the development of education and training protocols; instructs staff as assigned.
  • Ensures compliance with all accrediting agency standards.
  • Supports change efforts within the organization and contributes to their successful implementation. Maintains constructive and effective communication to enhance department performance.
  • Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.


Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

Medical Technologist (MT/MLS) certification issued by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), or other accrediting agency OR

Histotechnologist (HTL), MB (ASCP) OR

Technologist in Molecular Biology CG(ASCP)

Education Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, or
  • Bachelor's Degree in Medical Technology or related field.


Experience Required:
  • Typically requires 2 years of experience in a laboratory related position.


Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
  • Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Ability to handle stressful situations in a calm and professional manner.
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule, which may include alternate site assignment.
  • Maintains patient confidentiality in and out of the workplace.
  • Demonstrates a willingness to work a flexible schedule that may include alternate site assignment.


Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
  • Frequently lifts up to 10 lbs. Will occasionally be required to lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Must be able to sit, stand and walk for the majority of the workday.
  • lMay be exposed to mechanical, electrical, chemical, explosive, radioactive and/or infectious agents.
  • Will be exposed to human blood and body fluids.
  • lMust wear appropriate lab coat, gloves, gowns and eye and face protection as needed.l
  • Must be able to handle stressful situations in a calm and professional manner.
  • lMay require travel, therefore may be exposed to inclement weather and adverse road conditions.
  • Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.


Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
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Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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