System Director Laboratory Services

At Central Maine Healthcare our team members are committed to providing exceptional care and experiences for our community and for each other every day.

Position Summary:

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. Secure compliance of laboratory service with local state federal (CLIA) and other regulatory agency (CAP TJC) standard. Takes on special projects or other assignments and completes them within timeframe. Meet and consults with Corporate Laboratory Operations Leadership for policies procedures forms instrumentation equipment supplies and LIS. Promotes standardization throughout the system. Ensure laboratories will meet or exceed established corporate/site KPIs in finance quality and service. Perform routine laboratory testing to support the department as needed.

Essential Duties:

• Plans organizes and directs department/program activities. Develops goals and objectives establishes and implements policies and procedures for departmental/program operation.

• Accountable for the departments operational excellence and ensures that the department delivers quality services in accordance with applicable policies procedures and professional standards.

• Ensures staff competence in all areas related to the quality of patient test reporting

• Responsible for the fiscal management of the department. Develops and recommends department operating budget and ensures that the department operates within allocated funds. Applies costeffective measures to select and purchase equipment and supplies.

• Reviews department performance affects changes as needed to improve services provided and ensure compliance with both hospital guidelines and regulatory requirements and keeps administration informed of department/program activities needs and problems. Meets or exceeds corporate and hospital quality and service KPIs.

• Introduces and demonstrates new procedures programs and equipment to the staff. Plans and conducts meetings and discussions with both administration and staff to encourage participation in formulating departmental/program policies promote initiative solve problems and to interpret new regulations and procedures.

• Oversees the selection training/orientation and assignment of the staff. Develops standards of performance and monitors and supervises staff; evaluates performance and initiates or makes recommendations for personnel actions such as promotions transfer salary increases and disciplinary action.
• Effectively communicates departmental organizational and industrial information to staff
• Attains all agreed to goals and objectives within specified time frames as part of the organizations overall mission.
• Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team inter and intradepartmentally to facilitate the departments/units ability to meet its goals and objectives. Resolves staff conflicts.
• Coordinates departmental/program functions with other hospital departments and promotes good department/program public relations. Participate in administrative staff meeting and attends other meetings as assigned. Establishes and maintains communications within the department and with other hospitals.
• Encourages professional development of department personnel through inservice education and outside conferences. Encourages staff participation in Hospital and other departmental programs and activities. Encourages interlaboratory participation.
• Maintains membership in the appropriate professional organizations. Attends seminars workshops and conferences considering budgetary constraints to remain uptodate with the latest skills procedures and techniques to ensure continuous growth.
• Perform routine laboratory testing to support the department as needed.

Education and Experience:

• 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
• LEAN Six Sigma certification preferred
• Masters Degree preferred.

If you are passionate about making a difference and are looking for your next great career opportunity we look forward to reviewing your application!