Laboratory Manager

Position: LaboratoryManager

Location: Miami Lakes FL

Schedule: Full Time

Our hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. Each employee plays a vital role in doing that by living our cultural behaviors - celebrating success owning the future being patient-centered creating change thinking first and building trust.

At our company we support your career growth and personal well-being.

• Start Strong: Extensive orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX health vision and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

The Laboratory Manager is responsible for having a working knowledge of all areas of laboratory services including pre-analytical analytical and post analytical processes.

• Ensures laboratory practice and documentation meets the requirements set forth by CMSTJC and State regulatory agencies.
• Remains accessible to testing personnel at all times testing is performed to provide on-site telephone or electronic support.
• Provides day to day supervision of testing personnel.
• Monitors test analytes and specimen examination to ensure acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained.
• Fulfills responsibilities as delegated by the lab director and/or technical supervisor.
• Resolves technical problems and ensuring corrective actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from the laboratorys established performance specifications.
• Ensures patient test results are not reported until all corrective actions have been taken and the test system is functioning properly.
• Provides orientation training and verifies competencies for all testing personnel.
• Evaluates and documents the performance of all testing personnel as required.
• Evaluates and documents the performance of all individuals responsible for testing upon hire within six months at twelve months and then annually thereafter.
• Enrolls the laboratory in an approved Proficiency Testing program commensurate with services offered. Participates in testing and maintains acceptable results within procedural guidelines.
• Establishes a Quality Control Program appropriate for the testing performed and establishes the acceptable levels of analytic performance participates in testing and ensures these levels are maintained throughout the testing process.
  Performs and verifies test procedures and establishes the laboratory performance criteria including accuracy and precision of each test and test system.
• Follows laboratory requirements for daily instrument preventive maintenance troubleshooting calibrations quality controls and proficiency testing with documentation.
• Checks and records Laboratory temperature daily with corrective action plan when temperature deviates from the norm.
• Maintains close communication with the lab director and meets on a routine basis for review of lab practices and results.
• For ARU locations - Floating between CIRH and IRH units as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  

Minimum requirements:

Current professional license in state of practice AND

Licensed MD/DO/DPM and (Certified in anatomic or clinical pathology OR possess 1 year lab training or experience)

OR possess a Doctoral or Masters Degree in Lab Science AND 1 year lab training or experience OR possess a Bachelors degree in Lab Science or Respiratory Therapy AND 2 years lab training or experience

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans