Vice President, Lab Services

Westchester Medical Center Health Network; Town of Mount Pleasant (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Westchester Medical Center Health Network is seeking a Vice President, Lab Services to lead laboratory operations across the network, including hospital-based labs in Valhalla, MHRH, HealthAlliance and Western Region Hospitals. The role focuses on quality, regulatory compliance, budget management and strategic growth.

Applicants should have a minimum of eight years in leadership roles within academic medical centers or integrated health systems, with a bachelor’s degree in laboratory sciences

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years of relevant work experience.
• Bachelor's degree in laboratory sciences or related field is required.
• New York State license as a lab technologist is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of lab operations for the WMC Health Network.
• Identify opportunities for strategic growth by insourcing or building lab capabilities in-network and divesting non-strategic services.
• Provide leadership and assess the performance of direct reports, including hiring decisions and budgeting.
• Communicate policy recommendations and actions related to the laboratory business to leadership.
• Advise leadership on budgeting, costs, and financial matters and participate in strategic planning.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to ensure quality and operational performance aligns with priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Budget management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in laboratory sciences

Job description

Job Summary

Vice President, Lab Services provides leadership and support to direct reports to coordinate laboratory activities of hospital-based laboratories in the WMC Health Network (Valhalla, MHRH, HealthAlliance, Western Region Hospitals) to achieve business objectives including efficiency, quality, regulatory, fiscal, operational, technical, and growth. This position exercises a degree of latitude in carrying out daily tasks with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of lab operations for WMCHealth Network.
• Identifies opportunities for strategic growth by insourcing or building lab capabilities in-network, and conversely, identifies opportunities to divest or outsource non-strategic and non-profitable services
• Provides leadership and appraises the performance of respective direct reports, including authority to hire effectively works with all levels of staff to ensure a service delivery system, which sets standards of excellence in terms of quality, response time, and overall customer satisfaction.
• Communicates routinely concerning policy recommendations and suggested courses of action pertinent to the laboratory business.
• Advises Vice President, Hospital Operations and Medical Director where executive involvement is necessary to accomplish objectives.
• Ensures involvement of direct reports in the preparation of and management to department budgets and educates them in the importance of the budget, forecasting and planning process.
• Advises and makes recommendations to leadership concerning budgeting, cost, and financial matters.
• Develops strategic plan for business unit and participates in strategic planning process for broader organization. Analyzes and evaluates detailed expense trends in collaboration with the appropriate finance leaders.
• Takes appropriate and timely corrective action to address variances.
• Leads and participates in multidisciplinary teams at the corporate, division and facility level to ensure key quality and operational performance is in alignment with organizational priorities.
• Provides guidance to facilities as it relates to implementation of corporate and division projects and initiatives. Assess facility compliance with operational regulatory requirements and works with laboratory directors to prepare for inspections as needed.
• Assists in the development and sustainment of charge master and dictionary standardization to maximize revenue capture and reduce billing errors.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications / Requirements

Experience

Minimum of eight years of relevant work experience required.

Education

Bachelor's degree in laboratory sciences or related degree required.

Licenses / Certifications

New York State license as a lab technologist preferred.

Other

• Proven experience from a leadership role in an academic medical center and/or integrated health system setting.