Laboratory Manager

Location: Miami Lakes, FL • Full Time

About the role

Our hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. Each employee plays a vital role by living our cultural behaviors: celebrating success, owning the future, being patient-centered, creating change, thinking first, and building trust.

At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being with an extensive orientation program, generous PTO, comprehensive medical/RX, vision, and dental plans, a company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability protection, and the opportunity to join a team of over 44,000 committed to exceptional patient care.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all areas of laboratory services, including pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical processes.
• Ensure laboratory practice and documentation meet requirements set forth by CMS, TJC, and State regulatory agencies.
• Remain accessible to testing personnel at all times testing is performed to provide on-site, telephone, or electronic support.
• Provide day-to-day supervision of testing personnel.
• Monitor test analytes and specimen examination to ensure acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained.
• Fulfill responsibilities as delegated by the lab director and/or technical supervisor.
• Resolve technical problems and ensure corrective actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from established performance specifications.
• Ensure patient test results are not reported until all corrective actions have been taken and the test system is functioning properly.
• Provide orientation, training, and verify competencies for all testing personnel.
• Evaluate and document the performance of all testing personnel as required, including upon hire, within six months, at twelve months, and annually thereafter.
• Enroll the laboratory in an approved Proficiency Testing program commensurate with services offered; participate in testing and maintain acceptable results within procedural guidelines.
• Establish a Quality Control Program appropriate for the testing performed, including acceptable levels of analytic performance, and ensure these levels are maintained throughout the testing process.
• Perform and verify test procedures and establish laboratory performance criteria, including accuracy and precision of each test and test system.
• Follow laboratory requirements for daily instrument preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, calibrations, quality controls, and proficiency testing with documentation.
• Check and record laboratory temperature daily with a corrective action plan when temperature deviates from the norm.
• Maintain close communication with the lab director and meet routinely to review lab practices and results.
• For ARU locations: Float between CIRH and IRH units as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

If functioning as the technical consultant in addition to the Lab Manager, must meet the following:

• Current professional license in state of practice, AND
• Licensed MD/DO/DPM and (Certified in anatomic or clinical pathology OR possess 1 year lab training or experience), OR
• Possess a Doctoral or Master's Degree in Lab Science AND 1 year lab training or experience, OR
• Possess a Bachelor's degree in Lab Science or Respiratory Therapy AND 2 years lab training or experience.

If functioning as the Lab Manager only, must meet the following:

• Current professional license in state of practice, AND
• Bachelor's Degree in Lab Science AND 2 years lab training or experience, OR
• Bachelor's Degree in Respiratory Therapy or Cardiovascular Technology and 1 year training or experience, OR
• Associate Degree in Respiratory Therapy and 2 years training or experience.

Benefits

• Extensive orientation program.
• Generous PTO for full-time team members.
• Comprehensive medical, prescription, vision, and dental plans.
• Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan.
• Life and disability protection.