Manages and provides operational leadership for inpatient and/or outpatient laboratory services, which may include one or more teams providing service in support of patient care. Plans and organizes 24/7 operations, acquiring and deploying resources to ensure effective and efficient delivery of laboratory services consistent with applicable laws, standards and regulations. Develops and administers protocols, procedures and practices, ensuring compliance with department, affiliate, operating unit, system standards, and applicable requirements of external agencies. Responsible for recruitment, hiring and ongoing performance accountability of Lab employees. Oversees, and may directly supervise, the day-to-day operations of the Laboratory and is responsible for effective and efficient integration and coordination of the Laboratory team and affiliate operations to properly provide laboratory services. Ensures the effective prioritization of work and resolution of operational issues/problems. Provides local oversight of, and may complete, quality-related activities including training/competency assessment of personnel, installation/verification/maintenance of equipment, quality control of test systems, non-conforming event management, customer satisfaction, lab licensure/accreditation and continual process improvement. Establishes and manages capital and operational budgets to achieve financial targets via effective utilization of personnel, resources and supplies. These Principal Accountabilities, Requirements and Qualifications are not exhaustive, but are merely the most descriptive of the current job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, staff changes, workload, or technical development).