Laboratory Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Medical Laboratory Science, Healthcare Administration, Clinical Informatics, or a related field required; equivalent progressively responsible experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible healthcare IT experience, including significant experience implementing and supporting laboratory information systems or clinical applications.
• Recent, hands-on experience leading Epic implementations within academic medical centers, safety-net hospitals, large integrated health systems, or similarly complex healthcare environments required.
• Current or very recent experience leading Epic application and technical teams through the full implementation lifecycle, including design, workflow and build decisions, testing, readiness, cutover, go-live, and stabilization.
• Experience leading complex laboratory application projects and coordinating dependencies across laboratory, clinical, technical, interface, operational, and vendor teams.
• Proven ability to lead large, cross-functional teams and manage relationships with executive-level clinical, operational, and IT stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of laboratory and clinical workflows, laboratory information systems, orders and results, and interfaces, as well as the technical and operational considerations of enterprise EHR implementations.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex project budgets, schedules, staffing plans, application resources, vendors, and subcontractors, including priorities, milestones, risks, issues, and implementation deliverables.
• Strong organizational change management and end-user adoption experience, supported by excellent written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills and the ability to translate complex technical concepts for clinical, laboratory, and business audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience with Epic Beaker Clinical Pathology, Beaker Anatomic Pathology, or closely related laboratory functionality strongly preferred.
• Current or previous Epic Beaker certification or accreditation strongly preferred; ability to obtain required Epic certification or accreditation within established program timelines required.
• PMP or comparable project management certification preferred.
• Experience working with public health systems, safety-net institutions, or county or government healthcare organizations preferred.
• Previous experience in a consulting or staff augmentation environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead Epic laboratory application build and configuration decisions.
• Lead laboratory and pathology workflow design and validation sessions.
• Direct testing activities (unit, integration, end-to-end) across the laboratory applications.
• Manage cross-application and cross-team dependencies through the implementation timeline.
• Lead go-live readiness assessments and go-live execution.
• Own the transition from go-live support into ongoing operations.

Benefits

• Voted one of Chicago's Best Places to Work by the Chicago Tribune for the ninth year in a row