Senior Director, Laboratory

About the Role

Responsible for leading laboratory services across Valley Health System. Must be able to lead through both direct and matrixed relationships, build a culture of collaboration and transparency, and refine and implement the vision for laboratory services across Valley Health System.

Responsibilities

• Refine and implement the vision for lab services across Valley Health System.
• Oversight of all personnel decisions including performance reviews, staff engagement, hiring, coaching, and terminating when necessary.
• Drive a High Reliability Culture in the labs and work collaboratively with all areas to support and improve quality, transparency, and patient care.
• Direct reporting for Winchester Medical Center and a mix of direct and matrixed reporting for other facilities and areas.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with Laboratory Medical Director, pathologists, and medical staff.
• Focus on quality and process to continually improve care.
• Oversee budgeting, financial management, purchasing, and standardization to achieve appropriate financial and stewardship goals.
• Participate and lead various committees related to lab services across the organization.
• Participate in Winchester Medical Center Senior Leadership Team, Valley Health System Directors Team, and various forums at other facilities.
• Oversight for Process Improvement and regulatory compliance including CAP inspection accreditation.
• Manage equipment planning and acquisition.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry or Physical Biological Science required.
• Masters of Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or Public Health required.
• Eight years laboratory operations, combination of technical and supervisory experience required.
• Five years leadership experience required.
• Certified Medical Technologist (MT) required.

Qualifications

• Proven managerial skills required.
• Knowledge of budget preparation and monitoring, and accreditation requirements required.
• Ability to coordinate operations of large, technical and office support staff required.
• Ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with many departments as well as the community and outside agencies required.
• Ability to achieve outcomes and lead in a matrixed environment required.
• Proven experience in lean, six sigma or similar process improvement methods required.

Benefits

At Valley Health, we believe everyone is a caregiver, and our goal is to create an environment where our caregivers thrive physically, financially, and emotionally. In addition to a competitive salary, our most popular benefits for full-time employees include:

• A Zero-Deductible Health Plan
• Dental and vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Retirement Savings Match
• A Robust Employee Assistance Program to help with many aspects of emotional wellbeing
• Membership to Healthy U: An Incentive-Based Wellness Program
• Health savings account & flexible spending account for childcare
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development
• Discounts to on-campus dining and other perks

To see the full scale of what we offer, visit valleyhealthbenefits.com.

Pay

$68.55 - $106.25 per hour.

Schedule

First Shift (United States of America).