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CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center · 2 weeks ago

Director, Laboratory Services

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$146K/yr - $185K/yr

5+ years exp

CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center is seeking a Director of Laboratory Services to manage day-to-day operations and provide leadership for clinical processes and operational activities. The role involves supervising staff, ensuring quality patient care, and overseeing budgetary responsibilities while maintaining high standards in laboratory services.

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Responsibilities

Coordinates/supervises daily schedules and workload with supervisors

Directs, supervises, orients/trains and evaluates staff

Enforcing policies, procedures and standards of operations

Assists in budgetary, controls costs by monitoring personnel utilization, material usage rates, analyzes fluctuations in types and volumes of tests, and implements corrective action

Assists in the evaluation of equipment and supply needs and cost effectiveness

Assists in the planning of departmental budget and inventory

Participates in interviewing, hiring, and training of new employees

Motivates and encourages professional and personnel growth

Assists, trains, supervises and evaluates staff

Assures continuous quality improvement in overall daily operation

Ensuring that the quality control and quality assurance programs are established and maintained to assure the quality of laboratory services provided and to identify failures in quality as they occur (i.e. Turnaround time)

Promotes and supports Facility standards of quality customer service, to ensure patient and employee safety and satisfaction

Acts as a liaison to both internal and external customers representing clinical laboratory services and assures that customer needs are met

Maintains a current working technical knowledge of policies and processes of laboratory medicine

Ability to perform with perceptive depth clinical laboratory tests and procedures requiring the expertise of independent judgment and responsibility

Assists and coordinates preparation and accreditation for major inspections including CLIA, CAP, JCAHO, AABB and DHS

Performs the duties of Administrative Director in his/her absence

Demonstrates knowledge of age specific care, including but not limited to, identifying the need for additional safety measures, physiological normal values/readings; and assessing skin integrity, behavior, motor skills and/or activities that place patients at risk as well as communicates effectively in a clear, concise, understandable manner

Incorporates HPMC mission of 'quality care with compassion and respect' into daily performance of job functions

Qualification

Laboratory supervisor experienceClinical Lab Scientist licensureASCP certificationLeadership skillsEffective communicationQuality improvementCustomer serviceTechnical knowledgeMentoring skills