Histopathology Manager

About the role

Manages one or more functional areas of a department. Manages two or more professional and support staff including subordinate supervisors. Typically has hire, fire, or promotion authority. Evaluates and makes improvements to department processes while ensuring compliance with organizational policies and applicable laws and regulations. More discretion and greater financial authority than other lower management levels. Manages initiatives, strategic priorities and programs which have an impact on the organization. Works independently and in collaboration with leadership to support the budget process and meeting key operational goals. Plans, organizes, facilitates, monitors, and evaluates activities and functions of the department/functional business area based employee/organizational goals. Collaborates with leaders to establish operating procedures, enhance clinical/non-clinical workflows, increase productivity, and improve overall quality outcomes and operational efficiencies within a variety of delivery settings.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates and makes improvements to department processes while ensuring compliance with organizational policies and applicable laws and regulations.
• Manages initiatives, strategic priorities and programs which have an impact on the organization.
• Works independently and in collaboration with leadership to support the budget process and meeting key operational goals.
• Plans, organizes, facilitates, monitors, and evaluates activities and functions of the department/functional business area based employee/organizational goals.
• Collaborates with leaders to establish operating procedures, enhance clinical/non-clinical workflows, increase productivity, and improve overall quality outcomes and operational efficiencies within a variety of delivery settings.
• Ensures services are delivered using established standards of care for laboratory practice.
• Ensures care team members understand how their role contributes to the laboratory's and organization's goals.
• Performs annual evaluations, mid years and planning stages for care team members by established deadlines.
• Leads (delegates) daily laboratory huddles.
• Routinely rounds on laboratory care team members.
• Conducts staff meetings as necessary.
• Ensure accessibility to care team members.
• Manages staffing using rounding and workload volume reports.
• Manages supplies and FTE expense.
• Supports an environment of continuous process improvement.
• Ensures laboratory resulting errors are within limits supporting quality patient care.
• Actively participates on Pathology and Laboratory ICCE Operations Committee.
• Actively participates in Pathology and Laboratory ICCE Managers' meeting.
• Ensures Histopathology Department adheres to quality, safety, regulatory, certification, and accreditation standards.
• Ensures care team members receive continued education and professional growth in addition to ensuring the laboratory settings is conducive to teaching health care practitioners.
• Facilitates service-based orientation and continuing education needs of team.
• Completes ongoing self-education and professional growth in both clinical and leadership practice.
• Mentors care team members to support Career Ladder advancement.
• Ensures positive experiences for students, residents and health care practitioners.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in a related field and completion of a master’s degree in a relevant field within three years of hire in the role.
• Certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or equivalent.
• Seven (7) years of work experience in a laboratory setting with at least two (2) years in a supervisory or management role.