Supervises, plans, organizes and evaluates laboratory support operations and staff including, but not limited to, Central Processing, Phlebotomy, and Inventory. Communicates with customers and staff; ensures quality outcomes. Maintains equipment and information systems needs.
Job Responsibility
- Promotes Clinical Laboratory Support department goals by selecting, motivating, and training capable team members.
- Leads the activities of assigned Clinical Laboratory Support team members by communicating and providing guidance toward achieving department objectives.
- Supervises and coordinates the daily operations of the central processing and phlebotomy sections of the laboratory.
- Develops, implements, and evaluates approved operations and procedures to achieve department and service line strategic goals and objectives.
- Ensures laboratory management approval and staff review, and documents changes and updates, in accordance with the document control policy.
- Organizes, assigns, and directs work activities of the phlebotomy and accessioning staff.
- Maintains supply of specimen collection equipment and supplies, and office supplies via inventory control and management to support operational needs.
- Ensures storage, retrieval, and disposal of specimens, contaminated sharps, and bio-hazardous waste in accordance with procedures.
- Plans and coordinates sections’ quality improvement initiatives.
- Recommends and implements approved performance improvement monitors and benchmarks for departmental quality improvement initiatives, and engages staff in quality improvement initiatives.
- Ensures laboratory preparedness for audits/inspections and keeps informed of state and federal regulations.
- Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
Job Qualification
- Associate's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- 4-6 years of relevant experience and 0-2 years of leadership / management experience, required.
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
Skills Required
- Associate's Degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience
- 4-6 years of relevant laboratory experience
- 0-2 years of leadership or management experience
What We Do
Northwell Health is New York’s largest private employer and health care provider, with 23 hospitals and nearly 800 outpatient facilities. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 74,000+ employees – 18,500+ nurses and 14,200+ credentialed physicians, including about 4,500 employed doctors and nearly 3,300 members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu. Interested in a career at Northwell Health?
