Histopathology Manager

musc; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) seeks an experienced Histopathology Manager to lead the department, supervise staff, and ensure high-quality, compliant testing across processes.

Responsibilities include overseeing workflow efficiency, budgeting, and continuous process improvement in a multidisciplinary environment with collaboration across leadership.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in a related field and completion of a master's degree in a relevant field within three years of hire in the role.
• Certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist by the ASCP or equivalent.
• Seven years of work experience in a laboratory setting with at least two years in a supervisory or management role.

Responsibilities

• Oversee one or more department functional areas and manage professional staff and supervisors.
• Ensure quality testing, fiscal responsibility, and staffing targets are met.
• Adhere to quality, safety, regulatory, certification, and accreditation standards.
• Lead and participate in care team committees and meetings to drive improvements.
• Collaborate with leadership to enhance workflows and operational efficiency.
• Monitor and evaluate activities to align with organizational goals.

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Master's degree in a relevant field

ASCP certification

Job description

Job Description Summary

Manages one or more functional areas of a department. Manages two or more professional and support staff including subordinate supervisors. Typically has hire, fire, or promotion authority. Evaluates and makes improvements to department processes while ensuring compliance with organizational policies and applicable laws and regulations. More discretion and greater financial authority than other lower management levels. Manages initiatives, strategic priorities and programs which have an impact on the organization. Works independently and in collaboration with leadership to support the budget process and meeting key operational goals. Plans, organizes, facilitates, monitors, and evaluates activities and functions of the department/functional business area based employee/organizational goals. Collaborates with leaders to establish operating procedures, enhance clinical/non-clinical workflows, increase productivity, and improve overall quality outcomes and operational efficiencies within a variety of delivery settings.

Entity

Entity
Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Cost Center
CC000459 CHS - Histopathology & Special Stains (Main)
Pay Rate Type
Salary
Pay Grade
Health-31
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Work Shift

Job Description

Manages one or more functional areas of a department. Manages two or more professional and support staff including subordinate supervisors. Typically has hire, fire, or promotion authority. Evaluates and makes improvements to department processes while ensuring compliance with organizational policies and applicable laws and regulations. More discretion and greater financial authority than other lower management levels. Manages initiatives, strategic priorities and programs which have an impact on the organization. Works independently and in collaboration with leadership to support the budget process and meeting key operational goals. Plans, organizes, facilitates, monitors, and evaluates activities and functions of the department/functional business area based employee/organizational goals. Collaborates with leaders to establish operating procedures, enhance clinical/non-clinical workflows, increase productivity, and improve overall quality outcomes and operational efficiencies within a variety of delivery settings.

Qualifications

A bachelor's degree in a related field and completion of a master's degree in a relevant field within three years of hire in the role. Certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or equivalent. Seven (7) years of work experience in a laboratory setting with at least two (2) years in a supervisory or management role.

Provides management and oversight of Histopathology to ensure quality testing, fiscal responsibility, and volume-based staffing targets are met.

Ensures Histopathology Department adheres to quality, safety, regulatory, certification, and accreditation standards

Job Responsibility Weight 50.0%

• Ensures services are delivered using established standards of care for laboratory practice.
• Ensures care team members understand how their role contributes to the laboratory's and organization's goals.
• Performs annual evaluations, mid years and planning stages for care team members by established deadlines
• Leads (delegates) daily laboratory huddles
• Routinely rounds on laboratory care team members
• Conducts staff meetings as necessary
• Ensure accessibility to care team members
• Actively managers staffing using rounding and workload volume reports
• Manages supplies and FTE expense
• Supports an environment of continuous process improvement
• Ensures laboratory resulting errors are within limits supporting quality patient care
• Actively participates on Pathology and Laboratory ICCE Operations Committee
• Actively participates in Pathology and Laboratory ICCE Managers' meeting

Job Responsibility Weight 35.0%

• Leads and supports care team members participation on IMPROVE projects
• Collaborates with Medical Director to identify and implement meaningful performance indicators to access testing services across pre-analytic, analytic, analytic and post-analytic testing processes.
• Actively participates in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ICCE Quality Committee and Clinical Lab Advisory Committee
• Ensures care team members are knowledgeable of applicable standards and demonstrate consistent performance adhering to standards.
• Ensures core competencies are uploaded and managed using MediaLab.
• Ensure care team members perform critical task competencies as required to meet accrediting agencies' guidelines.
• Ensures care team members' personnel files are uploaded and current as required by accrediting agencies, including diplomas and updated licenses.
• Ensures EOC & safety rounds are conducted weekly and documented appropriately.
• Ensures laboratories meet accrediting agencies' safety guidelines
• Successfully leads an passes CAP self-inspect