Lab Manager - Blood Bank

About the role

Experience the advantages of real career change. Join Piedmont to move your career in the right direction. Stay for the diverse teams you’ll love, a shared purpose, and schedule flexibility that frees you to live for what matters both in and outside of work. You’ll feel valued, motivated to be your best, and recognized for your contributions to exceptional patient outcomes. Piedmont leaders are in your corner, invested in your success. Our wellness programs and comprehensive total benefits and rewards meet your needs today, and help you plan for the future.

Responsibilities

• Oversee departmental operations of the Laboratory under the direction of the Director.
• Perform administrative duties including oversight and compliance of point of care testing and affiliated offsite areas.
• Monitor operations to ensure safe, efficient, and quality performance standards for employees, patients, and visitors.
• Collaborate with nursing, administrative, medical, and other staff to coordinate patient care activities, support the facility’s mission statement, achieve customer satisfaction, and identify system problems as opportunities for improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized college or university in Medical Technology or a closely related field (Required).
• Master’s degree in Business Administration or Health Administration (Preferred).
• 5 years of clinical experience, including at least two (2) years with supervisory responsibilities, preferably in an acute care hospital setting (Required).
• Demonstrated clinical competency in the specialty area applying for (Required).

Qualifications

• Management of Clinical Laboratory only: Certification in medical technology; certification as a medical technologist or medical laboratory scientist by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), AMT (American Medical Technologists), or AAB (American Association of Bioanalysts). AAB provisional certification not accepted (Required).
• Management of Anatomic Pathology (Cytology/Histology): Certification in histology; certification as a Histotechnologist HTL, Histotechnician HT, and/or Cytologist CT by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) (Required).

Business Unit: Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital