Laboratory Coordinator (Pathology)

Baptist Health; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance reimbursement

Maternity and Paternity leave

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Laboratory Coordinator to oversee all laboratory and pathology department operations in our Kentucky facilities. The role includes coordinating workflow, ensuring quality and regulatory compliance, managing staff performance and development, and budgetary responsibilities.

Qualifications include a Bachelor degree, MT/ASCP/MLS/CLS certification or equivalent, and at least four years of related experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree is required.
• Certification as MT(ASCP), MLS(ASCP), CLS(NCA), or equivalent is required.
• Four years job related experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversees testing in assigned area.
• Updates procedure manuals annually.
• Ensures proper staffing.
• Prepares employee schedule for assigned area.
• Orders and receives supplies and maintains necessary inventory for assigned area.
• Provides oversight for compliance with policies and procedures.
• Oversees compliance with all safety protocols and practices.
• Trains and reviews employees regularly for accountability.

Education

Bachelor degree

Job description

Summary Job Description

The Laboratory Coordinator oversees all laboratory and pathology department operations by coordinating workflow, ensuring quality and regulatory compliance, managing staff performance and development, supervising daily operations, budgeting, inventory and purchasing, troubleshooting technical and personnel issues, and maintaining accurate, high-quality patient testing and services.

Job Duties

• Oversees testing in assigned area
• Updates procedure manuals annually
• Ensures proper staffing
• Prepares employee schedule for assigned area
• Orders and receives supplies and maintains necessary inventory for assigned area
• Provides oversight for compliance with policies and procedures
• Oversees compliance with all safety protocols and practices
• Trains and reviews employees regularly for accountability

Requirements

• Bachelor degree is required
• Certification as MT(ASCP), MLS(ASCP), CLS(NCA), or equivalent is required
• Four years job related experience is required

Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science or related science - MT/MLS is preferred.

Benefits

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with company match

Company Information

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

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Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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