Director of Laboratory

Conifer Health Solutions • Joshua Tree, CA

19h • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for all aspects of quality patient care in the Laboratory supervisory role.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree
• 5 years experience, previous supervisory experience.
• Requires California licensure as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors Degree Preferred

Responsibilities

• Selects, trains/orients and assigns department staff. Contributes to the development of the District standards of performance, evaluates performance, and initiates or makes recommendations for personnel actions.
• Develop department goals and objectives, and establishes and implements policies and procedures for department operation.
• Develops and recommends department operating budget in accordance with department goals and objectives and ensures that department budget is used as a guideline for operations.
• Directs the preparation and maintenance of department reports. Prepares periodic reports as required.
• Maintains cap workload units established in budget through appropriate staffing patterns according to census on a daily basis.
• Maintains communication, posting interdepartmental memos within 24 hours of receipt, distributing pertinent messages and checking for staff responses.
• Completes orientation checklist with each new employee within 48 hours of hire. Maintains employee profile of each employee, assuring bi-annual renewal of certification and update of task inventory on an ongoing basis.
• Maintains coaching for performance program with all employees submitting performance summary reports annually 2 weeks prior to the employee’s review date.
• Maintains positive demeanor in keeping with patient care philosophy.
• Provides 24-hours a day availability or coverage for departmental supervision.
• Acts as a role model to the Laboratory Staff.
• Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise.
• Demonstrates competence in the care of neonatal, infant, adolescent, adult, geriatric and pediatric patients (when/if assigned to these patients) relative to determining each patient’s age-related and other physical, psychological and cultural needs and carrying out patient care activities.
• Participates in hospital/medical staff committee meetings as required.
• Ensures that department(s) operates within or above guidelines established by regulatory/review agencies.
• Policy and procedure changes are defined and communicated in a clear manner.
• Solicits appropriate information and feedback from internal and external customers to improve the performance of the division.
• Can demonstrate at least one improvement of a department key function that was a result of a CQI process.
• Interdepartmental/intradepartmental conflicts are resolved using a CQI approach.
• Participates as a team member.
• Establishes and maintains productivity standards of patient services delivery consistent with Hospice standards.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager