Lab Director, HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital

Are you an internal caregiver, student, or contingent worker/agency worker at UMass Memorial Health?

Exemption Status:
Exempt Hiring Range: $ - $ (based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week). Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations. Schedule Details:
Monday through Friday Scheduled

Hours:

Shift: 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

40 Cost Center: 24050 - 3110 Lab Administration

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.

And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

• Perform strategic planning for the laboratory; identify and develop departmental goals and objectives.
• Provides effective leadership in delegation, organization, and coordination in managing the daily operations of the laboratory.
• Ensure that testing systems developed and used for each of the tests performed in the laboratory provide quality laboratory services for all aspects of test performance, which includes the pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phases of testing.
• Ensures laboratory compliance with established policies and procedures and all health and safety requirements.
• Maintains a collaborative, team relationship with all levels of hospital management, employees, and physicians to effectively contribute to the group’s achievement of goals and to help foster a positive work environment.

License/Certification/

Education:



Required:

1. Bachelor’s degree in medical technology or related science field.
2. Registered MT (ASCP) or equivalent.
Preferred:
1. Master’s degree.

Experience/

Skills:



Required:

1. Minimum 7 years laboratory experience with 3 years of supervisory or management experience.
2. Must possess the interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written) needed to provide effective participative leadership and for successful communication with all levels of staff.
3. Strong management skills.
Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements. Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and

Environmental Conditions:

(Office jobs only) Work is considered sedentary. Position requires work indoors in a normal office environment.

• 10. Workforce Engagement and Culture Creates and sustains a culture of accountability, teamwork, professionalism, and mutual respect across all laboratory departments. Proactively addresses employee relations concerns, performance issues, and workplace conflict in a timely, fair, and consistent manner.
• 11. Talent Development and Succession Planning Recruits, develops, mentors, and…