Histology Manager

Duties

• Manages day-to-day laboratory technical and non-technical resources and operations to meet organizational and regulatory requirements
• Develops and implements programs for staff hiring, orientation, competency and ongoing training
• Provides ongoing performance feedback to staff through coaching, performance review and counseling to ensure staff performance expectations are met
• Responsible for employee output and conduct
• Achieves department goals for service, quality, regulatory compliance, financial, patient satisfaction and personnel management
• Reviews and analyzes section activities and data to improve operations and utilization of services
• Ensures department proactively responds to feedback from customers and implements improvement mechanisms to enhance the ability of the department to meet customer needs
• Maintains department resource utilization, identifies and addresses variances to meet service and fiscal goals
• Engage with department medical director to develop and review department policies and metrics for quality, service and operations
• Assures compliance with standards set forth by accrediting agencies: CAP, JCAHO, CLIA, FDA and CMS
• Develops and implements policies and procedures and verifies annual review of all policies and procedures
• Prepares an annual expense budget, adheres to budget, monitors expenditures and justifies variances
• Oversees quality/assurance programs related to test methodology, protocols, equipment and supplies
• Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement
• Manages projects to include plan development, resource coordination, timeline establishment, meeting coordination and status communication to leadership
• Ensures that staff receives information by developing and implementing a communication plan
• Acts as a resource to customers, both within the department and outside the department

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Histotechnology, Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Technology, Biomedical Sciences, Biology or Chemistry is required
• Master's Degree preferred
• National Certification as a Medical or Histology Technologist required
• 3-5 years of Histology Supervisory level experience required
• Experience in a hospital or central laboratory setting