Anatomic Pathology Lab Manager – Patient-Centered Ops

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 73,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Loan forgiveness

401(k) matching

Lifecycle benefits

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Manager Pathology Labs – Anatomic Pathology to lead operations in the Chicago area. This full-time, day-shift role oversees staffing, budgets, and quality of patient care within the pathology labs, ensuring staff development and adherence to regulatory standards.

The position emphasizes staff retention, collaboration with HR, budget control, and continuous quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Laboratory leadership experience with progressive responsibilities.
• Ability to manage staffing, budgets, and quality of care in a lab setting.

Responsibilities

• Attracts, develops, and retains exceptional service providers and provides those individuals with an environment that fosters excellence through continuous learning.
• Collaborates with Human Resources and other managers to ensure appropriate staffing.
• Advances innovative retention strategies for staff.
• Facilitates the annual performance review process.
• Manages people and resources to ensure safe and efficient patient care operations.
• Assists in planning and maintaining the laboratory information system (LIS).
• Leads development and implementation of approaches to attain maximum quality and efficiency of service provision.

Skills

Operations

People management

Budgeting

Quality control

Tools

LIS (Laboratory Information System)

Job description

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Manager Pathology Labs – Anatomic Pathology to lead operations in the Chicago area. This full-time, day-shift role oversees staffing, budgets, and quality of patient care within the pathology labs, ensuring staff development and adherence to regulatory standards.

The position emphasizes staff retention, collaboration with HR, budget control, and continuous quality improvement.