Manager, Pathology Laboratory I

Johns Hopkins Medicine; White Marsh (MD); On-site; USD 63,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth and development

Tuition Assistance

Diverse and collaborative working envt

Affordable and comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Medicine seeks an experienced laboratory operations leader to oversee daily pathology lab activities, ensuring regulatory compliance and quality control. The role manages staff, workflow, and equipment, and handles budgeting, procurement, and safety procedures.

Responsibilities include leading process improvements, coordinating budgets, and ensuring accurate test reporting in collaboration with clinical staff. Strong leadership and compliance expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in medical technology, clinical laboratory science, pathology, or a related field (Required)
• Master's Degree in medical technology, clinical laboratory science, pathology, or a related field preferred (Preferred)
• Minimum of 7 Years of Experience in clinical laboratory setting (Required)
• Minimum of 7 Years of Experience of progressive related leadership experience (Required)
• Certification as Medical Technologist (MT, MLS) from ASCP or other approved agency Upon Hire (Required)
• For candidates practicing in state of Florida: Clinical Laboratory Supervisor License in the area(s) of responsibility from the State of Florida Upon Hire (Required)
• Certifications by department: SBB (ASCP) certification for Transfusion Services preferred Upon Hire

Responsibilities

• Oversees daily operations of a pathology laboratory, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and quality control protocols.
• Manages laboratory staff, coordinates workflow, and maintains laboratory equipment.
• Ensures budgeting; procurement, and implements required safety procedures.
• Leads unit-level process improvements and oversees procurement and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
• Oversees up to $2 million operating budget and conducts variance analysis and productivity trend reviews.
• Ensures safety protocols and collaborates with clinical staff for accurate reporting of test results.
• Maintains records and documentation for all laboratory activities.
• Manages HR functions: recruiting, training, scheduling, coaching, and disciplinary actions.

Skills

Leadership experience

Regulatory compliance

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in medical technology, clinical laboratory science, pathology, or related field

Master's Degree preferred

Job description

The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a world-renowned leader in patient care, serving the greater Baltimore community and patients from all across the globe.Our friendly and knowledgeable staff teams provide support throughout our many specialty departments and centers, from primary visits to emergency care.

What Awaits You?

• Career growth and development
• Tuition Assistance
• Diverse and collaborative working environment
• Affordable and comprehensive benefits package

Job Summary:

Oversees daily operations of a pathology laboratory, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and quality control protocols. Manages laboratory staff, coordinates workflow, and maintains laboratory equipment. Ensures budgeting; procurement, and implements required safety procedures.

Essential Functions:

• Manages daily laboratory operations, ensuring efficient workflow and timely processing of specimens.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, as well as accreditation requirements.
• Oversees quality control and quality assurance programs to maintain high standards of accuracy and reliability. Leads unit-level process improvements, coordinates procurement and maintenance of laboratory equipment and supplies.
• Responsible for oversight of up to $2 million operating budget. Manages budget planning and maintains fiscal responsibility relative to capital and operating budgets, variance analysis, and trends in productivity, volume, acuity and service, ensuring resource optimization.
• Implements and monitors safety protocols to ensure a safe working environment.
• Collaborates with clinical staff to ensure accurate and timely reporting of test results.
• Troubleshoots and resolves technical issues within the laboratory.
• Maintains detailed records and documentation for all laboratory activities.
• Accomplishes human resources management objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling and disciplining employees. Communicates job expectations; plans, monitors, appraises, and reviews job contributions. Enforces policies and procedures.
• Ensures department is adequately staffed. Plans and reviews compensation actions and manages payroll records and
  costs.
• Establishes and maintains high standards for quality of care and patient safety; evaluates all quality assurance activities including proficiency testing and performance indicators; implements performance improvement measures as necessary.
• Tracks data and conducts analysis to support evidence-based decision making.
• Oversees and/or serves as a project lead in the implementation of strategies/initiatives; provides ongoing project management and status reports and ensures projects meet schedule, cost and objective targets.
• Manages staff or quality for 1 CLIA-licensed lab, department, or primary section, supervising approximately 5-15 direct reports. Manages a single-shift staffing mode, not operating 24/7, or predictable coverage.Testing complexity is waived, moderate or high complexity with a standard testing menu. Up to 5 major instruments managed.

Qualification:

• Bachelor's Degree in medical technology, clinical laboratory science, pathology, or a related field (Required)
  Master's Degree in medical technology, clinical laboratory science, pathology, or a related field preferred
  (Preferred)
• One year of relevant education may be substituted for one year of required work experience or one year of
  relevant professional-level work experience may be substituted for one year of required education.
• Minimum of 7 Years of Experience in clinical laboratory setting (Required)
• Minimum of 7 Years of Experience of progressive related leadership experience (Required) Certification as Medical Technologist (MT, MLS) from ASCP or other approved agency Upon Hire (Required)
• For candidates practicing in state of Florida: Clinical Laboratory Supervisor License in the area(s) of responsibility from the State of Florida Upon Hire (Required)
• Certifications by department: SBB (ASCP) certification for Transfusion Services preferred Upon Hire

Salary Range:

Minimum 45.65/hour - Maximum 79.91/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.