Clinical Lab Manager

MLK Community Healthcare; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

MLK Community Healthcare in Los Angeles seeks a Laboratory Manager reporting to the Director of Laboratory Services to oversee the daily operation of the clinical laboratory.

You will ensure compliance with CAP, AABB, FDA, OSHA and JCAHO, manage staff, quality assurance, LIS issues and inventory, and promote safety and proficiency testing.

California licensure is required, with 10 years of clinical laboratory experience and at least 5 years in a managerial role.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor Degree - Science.
• 10 years of experience inClinical Laboratory with at least 5 years in a manager position.
• CA Clinical Laboratory Sciences license.
• Familiar with computerized equipment, organization and team skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides overall technical and supervisory direction to ensure compliance with standards.
• Ensures that policies, procedures and documentation are performed related to sample collection, testing, proficiency testing, quality control and assurance, competency testing, lab safety and infection control, inventory control.
• Directs and controls all laboratory activities to ensure quality services while ensuring efficient use of resources.
• Adheres to Laboratory Services and hospital policies for safety, standard precautions, chemical hygiene, and exposure control and quality assurance.
• Ensures that equipment and instrumentation are maintained with preventive maintenance documented.
• Ensures policies, procedures and documentation related to laboratory billing practices.
• Demonstrates ability to manage information systems projects in assigned area to provide automated solutions.
• Interviews, selects, hires and trains new employees.
• Ensures timely, relevant, effective communication with staff and provides staff with a forum to discuss ideas, concerns and decisions.
• Coordinates efforts of team to maintain and/or implement changes in work processes to ensure high quality outcomes.
• Establishes appropriate performance expectations and job standards and competencies, maintains system for evaluating effectiveness and performance of staff.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Quality assurance

Lab operations

Education

Bachelor Degree - Science

Tools

Laboratory information systems

Job description

Position Summary

Reporting to the Director of Laboratory Services, responsibility for the daily operation of the clinical laboratory. Assists Director with all compliance, quality assurance and LIS issues.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Provides overall technical and supervisory direction to ensure that laboratory services comply with standatds established by Laboratory Services, CAP AABB, FDA, OSHA, and JCAHO.
• Ensures that established policies, procedures an documentation are performed releting to sample collection, specimen testing, proficiency testing, quality control and assurance, competency testing, lab safety and infection control, inventory control.
• Effectively directs and controls all laboratory activities to ensure quality laboratory services while ensuring the effective use of the hospital supplies and resources.
• Adheres to Laboratory Services and hospital policies and procedures for safety, standard precautions, checmial hygiene, and exposure control and quality assurance.
• Ensures that all equipment and instrumentation is maintained in proper condition and that preventive maintenance is performed and docmented.
• Ensures that established policies, procedures and documentation are performed related to laboratory billing practices.
• Demonstrates the ability to manage information systems projects in assigned functional area, in order to provide automated solutions.
• Interviews, selects hires and trains new employees.
• Ensures timely, revelant, effective communication with staff and provides staff with forum to discuss ideas, concerns and potential decisions.
• Coordinates efforts of team to maintain and/or implement changes in work processes to ensure high quality outcomes and meet established success indicators.
• Establishes appropriate performance expectation and job standards and competencies, maintains system for evaluating effectiveness and performance of staff.
• Additional responsibilies as assigned.

Pay Rate Type

Yearly

Salary Range (Depending on Experience)

$128,308.60 - $198,868.80

Position Requirements

• Education: Bachelor Degree - Science
• Qualifications/Experience: 10 years of experience in Clinical Laboratory and with at least 5 years in a manager position
• CA Clinical laboratory Sciences license
• Special Skills/Knowledge: Familiar with computerized equipment, organization and team skills