Manager Laboratory Days Ft

DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is DMC’s largest hospital, offering a comprehensive heart center, cancer care, gerontology, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and cosmetic services. Sinai-Grace’s joint replacement program features a revolutionary minimally invasive knee and hip replacement surgery that attracts patients from all over the country. Sinai-Grace operates more than 21 outpatient care sites and ambulatory surgery centers throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties and is one of 10 hospitals in the nation to be awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to help set the standards of cardiac care for hospitals and physicians throughout the nation.

Summary Description

In collaboration with medical directors, technical directors, and administrative directors, oversees and manages a laboratory section (s) of DMCUL sites to ensure quality, timely and efficient laboratory operations, develops system-wide policies and procedures in alignment with hospital and DMCUL goals and objectives.

• Delegates daily operations activities of sections to front line management staff or assumes direct responsibilities of designated sections and staff.
• Monitors activities for and ensures compliance with laws, government regulations, JCAHO, and CAP accreditation requirements as well as DMC policies.
• Works with management team and medical leadership to ensure that laboratory sections are in compliance with regulatory and licensing agencies.
• Communicates and involves appropriate personnel at all sites to ensure efficient patient care.
• Drafts policy provisions and provides interpretation of department policies. Identifies the need for and drafts or defines procedures/protocols in collaboration with higher management input, goals, and objectives; modifies procedures/protocols as necessary. Initiates or recommends personnel actions such as hires, fires, disciplines, etc.
• Measures and assesses performance in alignment with the goals. Assists in development of and monitors budget for division and multiple departments.
• As directed, implements external and internal audit recommendations. Ensures hospital departments achieve objectives for diversity of their suppliers.
• Provides input on performance appraisals. Assists in the development of daily, monthly and/or yearly goals and measures for department, and as requested, assists in assessment of goal attainment.
• Provides input into collaborative goals, objectives, and strategies for section.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelors’ Degree in Biology or related science or equivalent combination of education/and or experience. Master’s Degree in Business, Management or Administration is preferred.

2. Five or more years of progressively more responsible experience in supervision or leadership of
laboratory operations.

3. Registered as Technologist with American Society of Clinical Pathologists, National Certifying
Agency or equivalent.

Skills Required

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.