Histocompatibility Lab - Manager- SIGN ON BONUS

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus $20,000

Job summary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Laboratory is seeking a leader to oversee clinical laboratory sections within the Diagnostic Laboratories. You will direct supervisors, integrate clinical activities and drive quality, while managing staff and budgets to support life-saving transplant care.

Join a collaborative, high‑tech environment with advanced HLA and transplant testing, where your guidance helps optimize patient care and ensure rigorous standards.

Qualifications

• Clinical expertise in patient care including assessment and treatment.
• Ability to develop and monitor quality measures and performance standards.
• Experience in budgeting, staffing and implementing process improvements.
• Strong leadership to coach subordinates and handle conflicts professionally.
• Ability to forecast resource needs and schedule activities across a lab unit.
• Knowledge of compliance principles and maintaining regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Monitors and coordinates programs and actions within areas of responsibility; has overall fiscal accountability for sections(s).
• Develops work goals and objectives based on interpretation of organization plans and forecasts; plans to achieve goals or establish priorities through appropriate budgeting and program development.
• Monitors payroll reports for overtime and FlexPTO as will as conducts performance appraisals.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Skills

Clinical Expertise

Business Results

Quality Management

People Management

Operations Planning

Compliance

Job description

Discover Vanderbilt Health : With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, we are the region's largest comprehensive academic health system. Vanderbilt Health has a long tradition of providing world‑class care to the people of the Mid‑South, living out our mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. Here you'll find a spirit of collaboration and a supportive community where your expertise is valued, your knowledge expanded and your uniqueness celebrated. We are committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to our neighbors throughout the region.

Organization: CPCLS Admin

Job Summary

$20,000 SIGN ON BONUS

This is a unique opportunity to join Vanderbilt's growing Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Laboratory supporting one of the nation's leading transplant centers. You'll work with advanced HLA and transplant testing, cutting‑edge technology, and a collaborative team while making a direct impact on life‑saving transplant care.

Leads clinical laboratory section(s) and/or laboratory support functions within the Diagnostic Laboratories of the Medical Center. Provides direction for the supervisors of the individual laboratories and serves as a key resource to integrate clinical activities and optimize patient care. With the lab leadership team, defines clinical performance standards and quality measures, monitors actual performance and when necessary identifies problems and initiates corrective actions. Manages staff, operating budget and participates in capital budget.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitors and coordinates programs and actions within areas of responsibility; has overall fiscal accountability for sections(s).


• Develops work goals and objectives based on interpretation of organization plans and forecasts; plans to achieve goals or establish priorities through appropriate budgeting and program development.


• Monitors payroll reports for overtime and FlexPTO as will as conducts performance appraisals.


• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• Clinical Expertise (Intermediate): Demonstrates the mastery of patient care including patient assessment and treatment, care planning, patient education and evidence based practice. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training and expertise to role model and coach less experienced staff.


• Business Results (Novice): Develops and implements appropriate measures for attaining well‑defined business results and tracks progress in meeting goals and objectives. Continuously demonstrates a strong focus on quality in spite of pressures from competition, budgets, and time. Anticipates and responds effectively to customer needs. Sensitive to changes in the environment which may impact customer satisfaction, product quality, or profitability. Able to specify clear, precise personal objectives.


• Quality Management (Novice): Has provided continuous analysis and evaluation of assignment work processes, constantly striving for improvement in the way tasks and activities are accomplished by questioning their value to the process and contributing creative solutions. Has participated in the process of establishing, communicating and monitoring standards for quality and excellence. Demonstrates the ability to actually work on and improve a current business process, product or service.


• People Management (Intermediate): Successfully resolves conflicts and disciplinary problems. Provides counseling and career development planning to subordinates. Constructively gives timely positive and negative feedback, confronting individual performance problems in a professional and sensitive manner. Aware of the values, abilities and needs of others. Demonstrates the ability to create a positive work climate, establishing a feeling of partnership and empowering others. Has set, coached and assessed the assignment objectives of subordinates. Practices and rewards behaviors supportive of company values.


• Operations Planning (Intermediate): Demonstrates ability to forecast complex resource needs, identify discrete tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work for a single functional area. Merges diverse points of view into a coalition with shared goals and objectives. Plans for and anticipates events outside of immediate responsibility. Identifies relevant stakeholders and gains their commitment. Anticipates problems and obstacles before they arise. Able to absorb changes to major assignments while maintaining a high level of performance. Competently handles multiple assignments and projects simultaneously. Sets priorities with a proper sense of urgency and importance. Develops creative ideas and takes innovative action to achieve planned goals and objectives.


• Compliance (Intermediate): Demonstrates knowledge of the ap