Technical Laboratory Coordinator

About the role

Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, part of HCA Healthcare, is seeking a Technical Laboratory Coordinator to join our team. This role involves overseeing technical laboratory operations, maintaining accreditation standards, and serving as a role model and leader for laboratory personnel.

Responsibilities

• Reviews work of others done in the department
• Resolves technical problems and ensures remedial actions have been taken
• Maintains accreditation with JCAHO, CAP, state, FDA
• Acts as a role model for other laboratory personnel to follow
• Identifies training and education needs of individuals performing tests
• Demonstrates ability to assess situations from many perspectives, consider alternatives, and choose appropriate action
• Demonstrates good leadership by developing standards of performance, areas of accountability, and delegation of authority
• Demonstrates broad knowledge of laboratory departments
• Performs work according to established policies and procedures
• Correlates results with diagnosis and questions incompatible results
• Demonstrates ability to prioritize and plan for completion of remaining duties
• Makes effort to expand knowledge of departmental and laboratory operations
• Provides on-site telephone consultation to laboratory
• Evaluates, monitors and ensures competency of testing personnel assigned to section or shift
• Performs performance appraisals as directed by laboratory technical director
• Disciplines employees following hospital policy at direction of laboratory technical director
• Has complete understanding of laboratory policies and procedures
• Assumes responsibilities and makes decisions in absence of laboratory technical director
• Performs duties independently with no direct supervision required
• Helps others and performs unassigned duties as needed
• Identifies ways to increase section revenues and reduce expenses
• Completes reports and evaluations within requested time frame
• Treats co-workers, patients and physicians with respect, courtesy and professionalism
• Contributes to departmental morale by avoiding personality conflicts and criticism of others
• Accepts and profits from constructive criticism
• Assists in hiring staff and integrates proper training, education and feedback systems
• Demonstrates ability to enhance personal career skills effectively
• Manages human resources effectively
• Motivates staff without undermining supervisors and maximizes motivation opportunities
• Establishes and maintains laboratory QI program
• Coordinates and manages new laboratory employee orientation
• Identifies problems or opportunities to improve patient service
• Performs testing in a timely manner
• Sets priorities and completes work assigned during shift, leaving minimal amount for next shift
• Responds to changes in work as necessary and uses time to departmental advantage
• Writes legibly and accurately with complete documentation
• Establishes quality control program for testing performed with acceptable parameters and ensures levels are maintained throughout testing process
• Maintains clean and safe working environment
• Verifies tube/specimen names with requisition and investigates abnormal results
• Performs preventive maintenance of all instrumentation in section
• Ensures supplies are available
• Actively participates in phlebotomy and accession responsibilities
• Dresses according to hospital and departmental dress code
• Answers telephones and retrieves information from files rather than forwarding calls
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Experience: Must have at least two years supervisory experience; decision making substantiated by in-depth knowledge of laboratory procedures, principles and instruments; excellent oral and written communication skills
• Education Required: Bachelor's Degree in Medical Technology, Biological, Chemical or Physical Science; Nursing Degree will be considered with required CLIA acceptable courses
• Education Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Medical Technology or Laboratory Science
• Certification Required: Successful completion of registry within 6 months of hire for anyone with hire date of or after 1.1.2005; continuing education to maintain registry/licensure as required
• Certification Acceptable: Registry/Licensure in a specialty area will be considered
• Certification Preferred: ASCP; continuing education to maintain registry/licensure as required

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources including 401(k) Plan with 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Flexible spending accounts
• Preferred banking partnerships
• Retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Fertility and family building benefits
• Adoption assistance
• Life insurance
• Supplemental health protection plans
• Auto and home insurance
• Legal counseling
• Identity theft protection
• Consumer discounts

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