Director of Clinical Laboratory

Olympia Fields Hospital•Olympia Fields, IL

6d•$85,280 - $123,510•Onsite

About The Position

Olympia Fields Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, is seeking an experienced Clinical Laboratory Director to provide strategic and operational leadership for laboratory services. The director oversees administrative, financial, technical, quality, compliance, and personnel functions, ensuring regulatory compliance, efficient operations, and accurate, timely diagnostic testing that supports patient care. The role leads quality assurance, improvement, accreditation readiness, and performance initiatives; manages budgeting, staffing, resource allocation, supply chain, and laboratory information systems; and collaborates with hospital leadership and Corporate Laboratory Operations to standardize practices across the health system. The director monitors laboratory performance against financial, quality, service, and operational goals, provides hands-on operational support as needed, and leads special projects and strategic initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in a scientific field to meet CLIA requirements.
Minimum of 5 years of supervisory clinical laboratory experience.
General accounting, statistics, and financial operating experience.

Nice To Haves

Valid license or certificate as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Medical Technologist, or Medical Laboratory Scientist (ASCP or equivalent).
Quality Control and quality tools management courses.
LEAN Six Sigma certification.
Master’s degree.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic and operational leadership for all laboratory services, including administrative, financial, technical, quality, compliance, and personnel functions.
Ensure compliance with CLIA, CAP, Joint Commission, ACHC, state, federal, and organizational regulatory requirements.
Lead quality assurance, quality improvement, accreditation readiness, and performance initiatives.
Direct departmental budgeting, staffing, resource allocation, supply chain management, and laboratory information systems.
Collaborate with site leadership and Corporate Laboratory Operations to standardize policies, procedures, equipment, instrumentation, forms, and best practices across the health system.
Monitor laboratory performance goals and ensure departments meet or exceed financial, quality, service, and operational KPIs.
Support laboratory operations through hands-on involvement as needed.
Lead special projects and strategic initiatives within established timelines.