Clinical Pathology Beaker Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Develop goals and objectives for the department based on interpretation of institutional policy and goals.
• Plan to achieve goals or establish priorities.
• Help department understand, share and support the vision.
• Initiate changes in or develop new policies, procedures and/or methods.
• Analyze long-range impact of decisions and plans.
• Ensure the most effective operations of the department through program development, process improvement and coordination/integration of processes with other departments.
• Design, implement, evaluate and market programs to maximize clinical outcomes, functional status, patient/customer satisfaction and reimbursement.
• Standardize services, processes, resources, and practice to improve efficiency.
• Supervise to include responsibility for planning, coordinating, and controlling the work and procedures; provide advice/consultation to staff regarding problems.
• Adjust work schedules or project priorities to meet emergencies or changing conditions.
• Participate on departmental and/or interdepartmental committees to address problems and facilitate information exchange about programs, problems, etc.
• Provide information to others (oral or written) to explain/clarify problems, issues or requests.
• Participate in periodic management meetings to keep top management informed of department problems and concerns.
• Analyze and evaluate ongoing department programs to identify areas where adjustments/improvements are needed.
• Create and exceed service standards utilizing key service dimensions and from knowledge of patient/customer expectations and best practice.
• Create an organizational culture (both within and across departments) that provides a safe, satisfying and enriching environment for employees and provides a qualified, competent staff to meet patient needs.
• Provide leadership to promulgate the mission and the values of the institution to the department.
• Model behavior consistent with the mission, vision, and values of the enterprise through leading, coordinating projects, innovation, initiating improvement, and developing new programs.
• Communicate within and across departments to maximize effectiveness, efficiently and information sharing.
• Ensures all Human Resource and VUMC policies and procedures are followed according to standards.
• Define the qualifications and performance expectations for all staff positions through the Performance Development system, including department specific job descriptions, measurable performance standards.
• Create an environment that encourages and supports self-development and learning for all staff through regular feedback, by assuring the development of staff through orientation, training programs, work experiences and assessing competencies by meeting the performance expectations stated in his or her job description in a timely manner (normally annually).
• Identify, establish and evaluate quality assurance standards, programs, and procedures within department.
• Establish and evaluate standards of performance to ensure safe, effective, and efficient operation of the department.
• Ensure that standards are met within area of responsibility to assure clinical enterprise accreditation/licensure.

Technical Capabilities

• Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings.
• These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health’s reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South.
• Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

Core Accountabilities

• Organizational Impact: Directs activities to achieve operational plans with some near term effect on results of the department/area.
• Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Identifies issues, gathers facts to resolve technical and operational problems.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Applies in-depth knowledge and skills of a professional/technical area and basic management knowledge to manage the work of the team.
• Team Interaction: Leads a complex department with a focus on implementation. Typically executes on a short to medium term strategies.

Core Capabilities

• Serving Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them.
• Solving Complex Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions.
• Offering Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness.
• Fulfilling Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring.
• Managing Resources Effectively: Demonstrates Accountability; Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure; Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.
• Making Data Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities.
• Fostering Innovation: Generates New Ideas; Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches; Applies Technology; Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges; Adapts to Change; Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.

Position Qualifications

• Responsibilities: None listed.
• Certifications: LIC-Licensed Medical Laboratory Supervisor - Tennessee Medical Lab Board
• Work Experience: Relevant Work Experience Experience Level : 7 years
• Education: Bachelor's