Service Executive Pathology

Why Work For Nebraska Methodist Health System?

At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It's helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient's needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge.

We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Location:

Nebraska Methodist Hospital Address: 8303 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE

Work Schedule:

Full-time, 40 hours per week. Provides leadership to the departments within the Methodist Hospital Laboratory which also conducts business as The Pathology Center through planning, day-to-day customer/patient/employee satisfaction (rounding), budgeting, and human resource management.

Provides leadership to the departments within the Methodist Hospital Laboratory which also conducts business as The Pathology Center through planning, day to day customer/patient/employee satisfaction (rounding), budgeting, and human resource management.

• Goals and objectives are submitted annually and reviewed quarterly.
• Timeliness and priorities meet expectations of staff and management team.
• Works collaboratively with the physician leadership team.

Responsible for the development of the Strategic Plan for the Laboratory.

• Plans, develops, and organizes the strategic plan with collaboration from physicians, supervisors and staff within the Laboratory.
• Leads and directs the development, communication and implementation of effective growth strategies and processes.
• Timeliness and strategic initiatives are reviewed quarterly to identify changes, barriers and completed initiatives.

Fosters a unified culture and promotes a process for collaboration, cooperation and sharing of information and mutual teamwork for systems and process management.

• Promotes and demonstrates a commitment to quality and continuous process improvement.
• Actively participates in performance improvement teams both within and outside of the Laboratory.
• Identifies opportunities of improvement and efficiency with laboratory processes.
• Establishes operations standards for cost control, waste reduction, quality, safety and timeliness.
• Demonstrates support in team building activities.
• Models the Leadership Standards of Behavior and upholds a commitment to Service Excellence.

Effective communication with internal and external customers in order to ensure a timely response to new clinical service trends and program planning.

• Establishes a regular mode of clear communication and active listening for direct reports, supervisors, employees and physicians of the laboratory.
• Establishes a regular mode of clear communication and active listening for outreach clients including Methodist Physicians Clinic.
• Maintains open communication with other departments and services within Methodist Hospital and Methodist Health System.
• Monitors utilization patterns of lab services and advises the Medical Director and other appropriate staff of developing trends in clinical service needs.

Monitors the technical and operational standards as well as regulatory environment for accreditation and safety purposes.

• Ensures operational adherence to applicable policies and procedures by all technical and operational staff.
• Ensures operational adherence to currently accepted technical service standards for laboratory medicine.
• Monitors the regulatory environment for any changes that may impact our technical and operational standards.
• Maintains an environment of regulatory and accrediting readiness for the Laboratory.

Responsible for the financial performance of laboratory operations.

• Prepares and oversees the operations budget and revenue/expenditures to ensure compliance and fiscal responsibility.
• Monitors the billing processes to ensure compliance and fiscal responsibility.
• Oversees the development of the Laboratory's plans and programs in evaluation of long-range planning and regulatory action impacting operations.

Responsible for the human resource management of laboratory personnel.

• Working within the organization's Human Resource Policies and Procedures, directs the management of all human resource activities and employee relations matters related to technical and operational support staff.
• Effectively motivates and engages staff in the operations of laboratory to ensure satisfied team members committed to a culture of Service Excellence and engaged employees.
• Protects patients and reduces risk to the organization by soliciting and acting upon staff feedback.
• Actively and regularly rounds in the various departments of laboratory to be visible and create an open environment to…