Vice President, Lab Services

Job Summary

The Vice President, Lab Services provides leadership and support to direct reports to coordinate laboratory activities of hospital-based laboratories in the WMC Health Network (Valhalla, MHRH, HealthAlliance, Western Region Hospitals) to achieve business objectives including efficiency, quality, regulatory, fiscal, operational, technical, and growth. This position exercises a degree of latitude in carrying out daily tasks with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of lab operations for WMCHealth Network.
• Identifies opportunities for strategic growth by insourcing or building lab capabilities in-network, and conversely, identifies opportunities to divest or outsource non-strategic and non-profitable services.
• Provides leadership and appraises the performance of respective direct reports, including authority to hire effectively.
• Works with all levels of staff to ensure a service delivery system, which sets standards of excellence in terms of quality, response time, and overall customer satisfaction.
• Communicates routinely concerning policy recommendations and suggested courses of action pertinent to the laboratory business.
• Advises Vice President, Hospital Operations and Medical Director where executive involvement is necessary to accomplish objectives.
• Safeguards involvement of direct reports in the preparation of and management to department budgets and educates them in the importance of the budget, forecasting and planning process.
• Advises and makes recommendations to leadership concerning budgeting, cost, and financial matters.
• Develops strategic plan for business unit and participates in strategic planning process for broader organization.
• Analyzes and evaluates detailed expense trends in collaboration with the appropriate finance leaders.
• Takes appropriate and timely corrective action to address variances.
• Leads and participates in multidisciplinary teams at the corporate, division and facility level to ensure key quality and operational performance is in alignment with organizational priorities.
• Provides guidance to facilities as it relates to implementation of corporate and division projects and initiatives.
• Assesses facility compliance with operational regulatory requirements and works with laboratory directors to prepare for inspections as needed.
• Affords assistance in the development and sustainment of charge master and dictionary standardization to maximize revenue capture and reduce billing errors.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Experience: Minimum of eight years of relevant work experience required.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in laboratory sciences or related degree required.
• Licenses / Certifications: New York State license as a lab technologist preferred.
• Other: Proven experience from a leadership role in an academic medical center and/or integrated health system setting.