Laboratory Director

HCA Healthcare; Kissimmee (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital is seeking a Hospital Laboratory Director to lead operations and ensure compliance across the laboratory. The role requires certification, a strong management background, and strategic oversight of staffing and budgets.

You will direct quality programs, manage vendor relationships, and ensure adherence to CAP, JCAHO, CLIA, FDA, and CMS standards while fostering a collaborative, patient-centered lab culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in medical laboratory sciences required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• National Certification as Medical Technologist required.
• Florida license in multiple lab areas (e.g., Blood Bank, Chemistry, Hematology) required.
• COVID-19 vaccination per local/state/federal guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Directs operations to meet organizational and regulatory requirements and drive innovation.
• Ensures staffing through hiring, orientation, and performance management.
• Develops staff through coaching and feedback and models professional conduct.
• Oversees department strategy to meet service, quality, compliance and financial goals.

Skills

Leadership

Staff development

Regulatory compliance

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Medical Technology, Biomedical Science, Biology or Chemistry

Master’s Degree preferred

National Certification as Medical Technologist

Job description

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, 700 W Oak St, Kissimmee, FL 34741

Seeking a Hospital Laboratory Director to provide expertise and champion results. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels the patient experience is as meaningful as we do.

What you will do in this role:

• Directs operations, programs and activities to meet organizational and regulatory requirements and to drive innovation.
• Ensures adequate and qualified staffing for the department through timeliness and consistency of staff hiring, orientation, competency, training, performance feedback and performance management.
• Develops and recognizes staff through coaching and regular feedback.
• Serves as a role model for employee output and conduct.
• Sets and executes department strategies to meet goals for service, quality, regulatory compliance, financial, patient satisfaction and personnel management.
• Proactively and regularly seeks feedback and input from internal and external sources. Evaluates and incorporates feedback into the department improvement and planning process to improve care delivery.
• Oversees the financial operation for the laboratory by monitoring resource utilization, identifying variances and opportunities, and adjusting as needed to meet service and fiscal goals. Prepares Monthly Operating Review report.
• Assures compliance with standards set forth by accrediting agencies: CAP, JCAHO, CLIA, FDA and CMS. Develops and implements policies and procedures and verifies annual review of all policies and procedures.
• Manages key vendor relationships and supply contracts in coordination with Laboratory Services and Supply Chain guidance.
• Develops and implements a communication plan to ensure that department personnel are well informed. Fosters open communication by offering, encouraging, and accepting suggestions from staff regarding department operations
• Directs and organizes operations through the appropriate, delegation of responsibilities and authority in accordance with regulatory guidelines. Monitors and evaluates the activities of the staff and provides management, coaching, guidance, delegation opportunities, and on-the-job training and re-training as necessary to ensure operational efficiency and adherence to policies and procedures

What Qualifications you will need:

• Baccalaureate Degree in Medical Technology, Biomedical Science, Biology or Chemistry required.
• Master’s Degree preferred
• National Certification as a Medical Technologist required.
• 3 years of progressive laboratory management experience is required with complex laboratory operations
• Florida License in at least 3 areas or more: Blood Bank, Chemistry, Hematology, Histology, Microbiology, Serology/Immunology
• Hospital clinical laboratory experience preferred
• This role requires you to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 based on local, state and /or federal law or regulations (unless a medical or religious exemption is approved).