Laboratory Director

About the role

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital is seeking a Hospital Laboratory Director to provide expertise and champion results. The role involves directing operations, ensuring adequate staffing, developing policies, and managing key vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Directs operations, programs, and activities to meet organizational and regulatory requirements and drive innovation.
• Ensures adequate and qualified staffing for the department through timely and consistent staff hiring, orientation, competency, training, performance feedback, and performance management.
• Serves as a role model for employee output and conduct.
• Sets and executes department strategies to meet goals for service, quality, regulatory compliance, financial, patient satisfaction, and personnel management.
• Proactively and regularly seeks feedback and input from internal and external sources, evaluates and incorporates feedback into the department improvement and planning process.
• Oversees the financial operation for the laboratory by monitoring resource utilization, identifying variances and opportunities, and adjusting as needed to meet service and fiscal goals.
• Prepares Monthly Operating Review report.
• Serves as a liaison to accrediting agencies such as CAP, JCAHO, CLIA, FDA, and CMS.
• Develops and implements policies and procedures and verifies annual reviews of all policies and procedures.
• Manages key vendor relationships and supply contracts in coordination with Laboratory Services and Supply Chain guidance.
• Fosters open communication by offering, encouraging, and accepting suggestions from staff regarding department operations.
• Directs and organizes operations through appropriate delegation of responsibilities and authority in accordance with regulatory guidelines.
• Makes sure to monitor and evaluate the activities of the staff and provides management, coaching, guidance, delegation opportunities, and on-the-job training and re-training as necessary to ensure operational efficiency and adherence to policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Baccalaureate Degree in Medical Technology, Biomedical Science, Biology, or Chemistry required.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• National Certification as a Medical Technologist required.
• 3 years of progressive laboratory management experience is required with complex laboratory operations.
• Florida License in at least 3 areas or more: Blood Bank, Chemistry, Hematology, Histology, Microbiology, Serology/Immunology.
• Hospital clinical laboratory experience preferred.

Benefits

The role offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services, as well as time away from work programs, savings and retirement resources, and education support. Additional benefits include fertility and family building support, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Pay

The pay for this role is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The schedule for this role is typically full-time.