Anatomical Pathology Operations Supervisor

Lee Health; Fort Myers (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Lee Health’s Lab - Histology team seeks an operational leader to supervise offsite Anatomical Pathology laboratory operations and pathology support services that feed specimens, materials, and workflow into the Regional Laboratory.

The role provides direct leadership for assigned offsite locations, overseeing specimen intake, accessioning, preparation, handling, routing, and transportation, and coordinating send-out workflows with pathologists and hospital partners to ensure quality and timely

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Histotechnology or related field required.
• Bachelor's or Master's in healthcare administration preferred.
• Histotechnician HT or HTL certification may be required.
• Minimum three years in lead or supervisory roles in pathology or healthcare operations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee offsite Anatomical Pathology lab operations and pathology support services.
• Lead specimen intake, accessioning, preparation, handling, routing, transport, and tracking.
• Coordinate send-out workflows with pathologists and regional laboratory leadership.
• Ensure compliance with quality, turnaround-time, patient-safety, and regulatory standards.

Skills

Histology supervision

Healthcare operations

Leadership

Education

Associate's degree in Histotechnology, Biological Sciences, or related field

Bachelor's or master's in healthcare administration or related field

Job description

Location:Lee Health

Department: Lab - Histology

Work Type: Full Time

Shift: Shift 1/7:00:00AM to 3:30:00PM

Minimum to Midpoint Pay Rate:$38.48 - $50.01 / hour

Summary

Responsible for operational supervision, coordination, and day-to-day oversight of offsite Anatomical Pathology laboratory operations and pathology support services that feed specimens, materials, information, and workflow into the Regional Laboratory.

Provides direct operational leadership for assigned offsite pathology locations and support personnel and serves as the primary operational resource for specimen intake, accessioning, preparation, handling, routing, transportation, tracking, send-out coordination, pathology support workflows, and communication between offsite locations and the Regional Laboratory.

Works closely with the Regional Anatomical Pathology Lab Manager, Histology Supervisor Technical, Immunohistochemistry Laboratory Supervisor Technical, pathologists, laboratory leadership, hospital departments, surgical services, couriers, and support staff to establish reliable and standardized pre-analytic and operational workflows across the regional Anatomical Pathology network.

Ensures specimens originating from hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, procedural areas, clinics, and other assigned locations are appropriately identified, documented, handled, transported, tracked, and delivered to the Regional Laboratory in accordance with established quality, turnaround-time, patient-safety, and regulatory standards.

Requirements

Education: Associate's degree in Histotechnology, Biological Sciences, or a related field required. Bachelors or masters degree in healthcare administration, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.

Experience: Minimum of three years of progressive laboratory, pathology, healthcare operations, or related experience required. Experience in Anatomical Pathology, surgical pathology, specimen processing, laboratory operations, accessioning, or multi-site healthcare operations strongly preferred. Previous lead or supervisory experience preferred.

Certification: Histotechnician (HT) or Scientist in Histotechnology (HTL) from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) required.

License: Current State of Florida Department of Health laboratory supervisory license appropriate to the individuals discipline and assigned scope of responsibility required.

Other: Must demonstrate strong operational leadership, communication, organizational, customer service, and interpersonal skills. Requires strong analytical, workflow-management, problem-solving, and process-improvement skills with the ability to coordinate multiple locations, competing priorities, specimen workflows, and operational relationships.