DIRECTOR LABORATORY
Summary
Oversee laboratory operations, ensure safety compliance, manage budgets, and lead process improvements in a healthcare setting.
Employer: Butler Healthcare Providers DBA Butler Memorial Hospital
Job Title: Director, Laboratory
Job Location: 1 Hospital Way, Butler, PA 16001
Job Type: Full-time, 40 hours a week, Monday – Friday
Duties:
• Support the execution of company strategy across business segments to optimize experience and results.
• Establish and maintain a safe working environment.
• Assure staff comply with safety, environmental, and infection control guidelines.
• Assure proper use of safety equipment and devices.
• Hold individuals accountable if non-compliant.
• Assure completion of staff competencies including mandatory education and programs relative to job specific criteria.
• Promptly investigate and resolve Significant Occurrence Reports and incident reports as necessary.
• Practice and encourage staff readiness in compliance with agency regulations and guidelines.
• Improve HCAP scores according to fiscal year targets.
• Demonstrate year after year improvement in service to internal and external customers.
• Respond to client service recovery issues within required time frame and to the satisfaction of the customer.
• Provide opportunities for staff to actively provide input into decision making process.
• Seek input before decision is made.
• Understand and effectively deploy the LEAN tools to streamline work processes, eliminating waste and redundancy while improving productivity.
• Lead at least one process improvement initiative for department per year.
• Participate in at least one LEAN project per year outside of department.
• Actively support and participate in succession planning initiatives.
• Identify high potentials and prepare them for possible future leadership opportunities within Excela Health.
• Consider financial impact of decisions.
• Use financial concepts for decision making.
• Monitor financial performance.
• Develop and manage department budget at or below budget expectations and consistent with adjusted volume variations.
• Position requires 75% domestic travel.
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology, Clinical Lab Science, Biological Science or related field of study and five (5) years of experience as a Medical Technologist, Medical Laboratory Scientist, or related role where required experience was gained.
• MLT, MS or MLS Certification
Also requires experience in the following:
• 2 years of supervisory/management experience in laboratory setting
• EMR experience
Contact: Butler Healthcare Providers DBA Butler Memorial Hospital at Recruitment@independence.health and reference the job title and location or apply online at recruitment.ultipro.com/EXC1005EXCEH/JobBoard and reference (DIREC026697)