Lab Director

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

At Saint Alphonsus Health System, we are looking for people who are living out their calling. We want you to be passionate about coming to work, and challenged to achieve your potential. Living by these virtues, we pride ourselves on exceptional service and the highest quality of care.

GENERAL SUMMARY AND PURPOSE:

Responsible for all aspects of laboratory operations across the regional system including, but not limited to clinical laboratory programs, laboratory centers, budgeting, purchasing, staffing, recruitment and retention of staff, physician contracting, billing and collection processes, financial performance and reports and regulatory compliance.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE :

Bachelor's degree in related field and graduate of an accredited Medical Technologist or Medical Laboratory Scientist Program required. Master's degree in health or business related field preferred.

Medical Laboratory Scientist or Medical Laboratory Technologist through AMT or ASCP required.

10 years of healthcare clinical/technical/business experience with 5 years in a line or staff function supervisory role in a hospital or significant outpatient setting required. Previous experience in a leadership role reporting to senior management preferred. Must have experience working in a complex hospital laboratory department (or the equivalent).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Organization's Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions. Successfully executes the established plans and services of the functional areas of responsibility through analysis, measurement and monitoring, reporting, and adjusting the direction, allocation and utilization of available resources.

Facilitates, coordinates, manages, and monitors team performance of the laboratories by working closely with all site managers and Medical Directors to the established performance levels by the effective use of Total Quality, Human Resources, and financial skills, techniques, and communications. Establishes and maintains a positive and productive working relationship with all relevant customers and suppliers. Manages the relationship between the Regional Health Ministries, and the provider group(s) providing laboratory services for those ministries including negotiations, contracts, conflict resolution, and performance management.

Liaisons between the Regional Health Ministries and the laboratory outreach program (Treasure Valley Laboratory; ICDL) joint ventures. Optimizes the programs for financial benefit for each facility and the region. Oversees, coordinates and monitors the budgeting, purchasing, staffing, recruitment and retention of staff, billing, financial performance and reports, and regulatory compliance. Oversees the Laboratory Information System and billing decisions and maintenance. Demonstrated team, analysis, presentation, and interpersonal skills. Analyzes, measures, and monitors for adjustment to the direction, allocation, and utilization of available resources among each laboratory service in the region.

Colleagues of Saint Alphonsus Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout SAHS and Trinity Health.

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Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are committed to promoting diversity in its workforce and to providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with fairness, dignity and respect. We are committed to recruit and retain a diverse staff reflective of the communities we serve. Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are equal opportunity employers and prohibit discrimination against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran