Mgr - Lab - SMRMC Clinical Lab

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Saint Mary’s Health Network, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference. As a long-standing community partner with a 116-year history, Saint Mary’s Health Network offers Northern Nevada inpatient, outpatient, ancillary, and wellness services. Nationally recognized and accredited by the Joint Commission, as well as named one of the Top 100 Hospitals by Fortune/Merative and America’s Best 250 hospitals by Healthgrades, Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center is a 352-bed acute care hospital offering a robust line of inpatient, outpatient and ancillary services including a top-rated Center for Cancer, surgical and orthopedic services, and an award-winning Cardiology program and more. The health system, a member of Prime Healthcare, also operates a fully-integrated Medical Group, multiple urgent care clinics, freestanding imaging, lab, and primary care clinics.

Responsibilities

The Laboratory Manager provides administrative, financial and operational leadership for the laboratory, functioning as the primary leader responsible for day-to-day laboratory operations. Performs only those waived, moderate, or highly complex tests authorized by CLIA, scope of practice listed under NAC 652.420 and NAC 652.410 and must possess a degree of skill commensurate with individual’s education, training or experience and technical abilities.

• Administrative, financial and operational oversight of laboratory services, including personnel management, staffing and scheduling, quality assurance, regulatory readiness (CLIA, CAP, JC, ACHC and other applicable agencies), budgeting, equipment management, vendor coordination, and implementation of laboratory policies and procedures
• Collaborates with hospital leadership and laboratory staff to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality laboratory operations that support patient care and organizational goals
• Works in collaboration with the Laboratory Medical Manager and Technical Supervisors to ensure laboratory services meet clinical and regulatory standards
• Oversees operational aspects of test implementation, validation coordination, quality monitoring, and regulatory compliance
• Collaborates with hospital executive leadership and external department leaders to ensure effective coordination of laboratory services that support patient care, operational efficiency, and hospital-wide clinical initiatives

Requirements

• ASCP certification, or equivalent, preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in one of the chemical, biological sciences, clinical laboratory science or medical technology at an accredited college or university
• At least 3 years of experience in a laboratory as a full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week, of which at least 2 years have been spent working at the level of a technologist in a licensed laboratory or a laboratory of a hospital, university or health department; and under the supervision of a manager who possesses a doctoral degree
• Possess a valid GENERAL SUPERVISOR license from the State of Nevada - or is eligible to work while license is pending
• Minimum of five years of hospital laboratory work experience required, including at least three years of full-time laboratory experience
• Minimum of two years of laboratory supervisory experience required

Schedule

• Full Time
• Days