Technical Lab Specialist

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Charlotte, NC

20h • Onsite

About The Position

This full-time Technical Lab Specialist position is within the 60983 Carolinas Medical Center - Core Lab: Microbiology department. The role involves ensuring compliance with regulatory agencies, leading accreditation readiness, and collaborating on the implementation of technical methods. The specialist will focus on improving quality and efficiency through workflow analysis, space requirements, and equipment layout. Responsibilities include developing standardized method validation plans for new equipment, ensuring integrated equipment implementation, and creating standard work. The role also involves practicing and teaching critical thinking and problem-solving skills to foster continuous quality improvement, identifying performance improvement opportunities, and utilizing the PDSA cycle. Additionally, the specialist will design and conduct experiments to evaluate new methods and maintain professional knowledge through continuous learning.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Medical Technology, business, manufacturing, or related field is required.
• A minimum of five 5 years of relevant leadership experience is required.
• Can include Group Leader experience.
• Demonstrated track record of achieving results.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Health Administration, Business, Science or another related field is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Ensures all requirements of applicable regulatory agencies (federal, state, local) are satisfied at all times.
• Leads continuous accreditation readiness efforts and collaborates with others in the development of improvement capabilities.
• Facilitates assessments, develops, implements, and evaluates corrective action plans based on past surveys and preparatory tracer activities.
• Collaborates with key teammates (operational leaders, key operators, technical staff, professional partners) for implementation of technical methods in clinical area of expertise.
• Improves quality and efficiency by analyzing and planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment layout in partnership with department leaders.
• Collaborates with vendors, technical directors, quality, and lab team to create a standardized method validation plan for new equipment.
• Ensures all equipment is implemented in an integrated fashion, optimizing the mix of technology, information systems, and processes to support operational and customer needs.
• Participates in creation of standard work, sharing technical expertise to optimize efficiencies for continuous improvement.
• Practices and teaches critical thinking and problem-solving skills to create an environment of continuous quality improvement.
• Identifies performance improvement opportunities that impact operational & quality metrics.
• Utilizes the PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) cycle to document improvements.
• Designs and conducts experiments to evaluate new methods with the goal of furthering the scope, quality, and efficiency of clinical laboratory services.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; and participating in professional societies.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Generous retirement offerings
• Programs that invest in your career development
• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

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