Clinical Lab Quality & Compliance Specialist

Advocate Health Care; Park Ridge (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health Care in Park Ridge, IL, is seeking an experienced clinical laboratory leader to drive regulatory compliance, accreditation readiness, and continuous quality improvement across the lab operations. You will lead cross‑functional teams, implement corrective actions, and ensure method validation for new equipment.

The role emphasizes collaboration with operational leaders, technical staff, and professional partners to optimize workflows, space planning, and data-driven initiatives,

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Medical Technology or related field is required.
• Minimum of five years of leadership experience is required.
• Master's degree in Health Administration or related field is desirable.
• Demonstrated track record of achieving results.

Responsibilities

• Ensure regulatory requirements are satisfied and accreditation readiness is led.
• Facilitate assessments, corrective action plans, and tracer activities.
• Collaborate with operational leaders and staff to implement clinical methodologies.
• Improve quality and efficiency by analyzing workflow and space needs.
• Develop standardized validation plans for new equipment in collaboration with teams.
• Support integrated technology, information systems, and processes to meet patient and operational needs.
• Create standard work and drive continuous quality improvement using PDSA cycles.
• Lead experiments to evaluate new methods to enhance clinical laboratory services.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Quality improvement

Workflow analysis

Team leadership

PDSA cycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in Medical Technology

Master's degree in Health Administration or related field

Job description

Advocate Health Care in Park Ridge, IL, is seeking an experienced clinical laboratory leader to drive regulatory compliance, accreditation readiness, and continuous quality improvement across the lab operations. You will lead cross‑functional teams, implement corrective actions, and ensure method validation for new equipment.

The role emphasizes collaboration with operational leaders, technical staff, and professional partners to optimize workflows, space planning, and data-driven initiatives,