Laboratory Shift Manager

Full Time (80 hours/biweekly)

Shift: Evening/Nights (230p-11p or 1030p-7a)

General Summary

Responsible for supervising staff and managing operations for a laboratory section or shift.

Essential Functions:

• Schedules staff in accordance with operational needs and the collective bargaining agreement. Completes the schedules in the computer scheduling system keeping hours utilized at or below budgeted hours as well as post copies in the work area in a timely manner.
• Is responsible for orientation to the department, training, and competency for all staff.
• Set clear expectations of staff, model decisiveness, drive accountability, and enforce follow through.
• Develop leadership skills, mentor staff, promote ownership, have a proactive mindset.
• Conduct regular staff 1:1 sessions.
• Drive team communication, combat negativity, clearly define roles and responsibilities for staff.
• Encourages others by providing recognition and support.
• Improves employee and organization's performance by removing roadblocks and empowering staff to take ownership and to be self-directed.
• Thinks critically; utilizes sound judgment; promptly reports potential risks.
• Assumes personal responsibility for 2-way communication. Communicates and listens effectively with patients, families, coworkers, other departments, physicians/providers and community.
• Assesses workload and performs in a manner which facilitates swift and continual movement of patients and/or specimens through the assigned work area, assists with routine workload to include venipunctures, EKG's, specimen processing.
• Alternates weekly administrative call with other managers.

Common Expectations:

• Demonstrates a commitment to patient, visitor and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
• Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops.
• Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
• Requisitions laboratory supplies and maintains supply inventories.
• Assists with care and maintenance of department equipment and supplies.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

• Bachelors Degree Required and
• College Transcript As part of CAP requirements, copy of college diploma and transcript required upon hire. Required and
• College Diploma As part of CAP requirements, copy of college diploma and transcript required upon hire. Required

Work Experience:

• 2 years Medical technology or a related science. Required
• 5 years Medical technology or a related science. Preferred

Licenses:

• Certified Technologist in Blood Banking - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Technologist in Chemistry - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Technologist in Cytogenetics - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Cytologist - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Diplomate in Laboratory Management - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Donor Phlebotomy Technician - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Technologist in Hematology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Histotechnician - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Histotechnologist - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Technologist in Microbiology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Technologist in Molecular Biology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Medical Laboratory Assistant - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Medical Laboratory Scientist - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Medical Laboratory Technician - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Medical Technologist - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Pathologists' Assistant - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Phlebotomy Technician - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Blood Banking - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Chemistry - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Cytology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Cytometry - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Hematology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Microbiology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Specialist in Molecular Biology - ASCP Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Phlebotomy Technician - AMT Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Medical Laboratory Scientist - AMT Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Medical Laboratory Technician - AMT Upon Hire Required or
• Certified Molecular Diagnostics Technologist - AMT Upon Hire Required or
• Medical Technologist - HEW Upon Hire Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Good communication and computer skills.

Benefits Offered:

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Short-term disability
• Education assistance
• Financial education and support, including DailyPay
• Wellness and Wellbeing programs
• Caregiver support via Wellthy
• Childcare referral service via Wellthy