Medical Lab Department Manager

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Full Time Phillipsburg, KS, US

4 days ago Requisition

Phillips County Health Systems is seeking an experienced and motivated Laboratory Manager to lead our laboratory services team in a rural Critical Access Hospital setting. This position is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the laboratory, including staff supervision, regulatory compliance, quality assurance, budgeting, and ensuring timely, accurate testing services for our patients and providers.

The ideal candidate will be a collaborative leader who values patient-centered care, operational excellence, and team development. This role works closely with clinical departments to support high-quality healthcare services across our hospital and rural health clinic.

• Responsible To:
  Chief Executive Officer
• Workers Supervised:
  Laboratory Technicians
• Interrelationships:
  Works cooperatively with all hospital departments

Provides laboratory services to meet the needs of patients, performed in accordance with accepted standards and practices. Directs, supervises and coordinates functions and activities in any or all divisions of the laboratory.

• Directs and manages all aspects of the Phillips County Health Systems Laboratory.
• Responsible for all aspects of management of the departmental staff including coaching, progressive discipline and recognition.
• Develops and maintains departmental continuous quality improvement and quality assurance practices.
• Participates in development of annual departmental budget, which takes into account statistics, revenues, operating expenses, and capital purchase costs.
• Maintains departmental staffing: orientation, scheduling, recruitment, retention, competency, evaluations, recommendations for promotion, and terminations, if warranted.
• Submits annual staff evaluations and documents the performance of all testing personnel.
• Develops, monitors, and maintains all procedures and policies, as well as records and documentation required by State, Federal, and other applicable accrediting organizations.
• Maintains the operation of the department within the financial parameters of the approved budget.
• Organizes, directs, and supervises activities in the laboratory.
• Establishes office routines and workflow patterns, performance standards, and staffing needs.
• Functions as an interactive liaison between administration, physicians, nursing, and other ancillary departments by providing periodic (monthly) staff meetings.
• Performs all Technician/Technologist duties.
• Monitors testing analyses and specimen examinations to ensure acceptable levels of analytical performance are maintained.
• Ensures that patient test results are not reported until corrective actions have been taken and the test system is properly functioning.
• Facilitates staff in evaluation, development, policy preparation, staff training, and material resource acquisition of new clinical diagnostic methods.
• Processes requisitions for reference pathology and laboratory services.
• Coordinates and routes specimens to proper areas of the laboratory or reference laboratory for testing.
• Implements environmental sampling programs as needed.
• Directs the purchasing, evaluation, and requisitioning of laboratory supplies and equipment, ensuring proficiency and knowledge regarding GPO contracts, services, and offerings.
• Enhances personal professional staff growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops.
• Maintains the informational systems with new tests, pricing, and CPT code monitoring.
• Reviews manufacturer and reference laboratory invoices for accuracy, codes, and submits for payment. Reviews all daily patient charges for accuracy and prepares additional charges as warranted. Prepares bills for outreach services.
• Reviews blood transfusions for policy and procedure compliance.
• Works with the Pathologist and Laboratory Director to assure agency compliance and quality patient results.
• Works with MHS for continued development and maintenance of the LIS system.
• Ensures all departmental emergency plans are up to date.
• Collaborates with the CEO and other members of Administration on the acquisition of new equipment through effective vendor evaluation and business plan development.
• Continually evaluates departmental equipment and ensures service agreements are appropriate to prevent major and unexpected organizational expenditures.
• Completes an equipment analysis at least annually to assist with effective equipment replacement plans for budget and planning purposes.
• Completes departmental QA/QI reports consistent with the organizational QA/QI calendar.
• Participates in the annual strategic planning process to ensure departmental commitment to achieving overall organizational goals…