Laboratory Medical Director – $10,000 Sign-On Bonus, Mon-Fri 8:00-4:00

POSITION TYPE: Allied Health

SPECIALTY UNIT: Laboratory Director – Hospital 

LOCATION: McKinney, TX

SHIFT: Mon- Fri 8:00-4:00

JOB TYPE: Full-Time Permanent

Job Description:

We are seeking a hospital-based Laboratory Director.

This position is based at and lead the laboratory team at this 285 bed, full-service hospital that has been serving the health care needs of McKinney residents and the surrounding communities for more than 90 years.

Responsibilities:

• You will lead the 24-hour operations and activities of the clinical laboratory meeting both organizational goals and regulatory requirements
• Manage a Lab Staff of 30 people
• Direct and organize the operations of the hospital rapid-response laboratories
• Actively participate in strategic and budgetary planning
• Investigate, recommend and purchase equipment, supplies and instrumentation
• Provide direction to department personnel to achieve operational and technical excellence including workflow design, service quality, financial performance, and regulatory compliance
• You will be responsible to ensure weekly and monthly corporate key indicators are an accurate measurement of past and current performance
• Complete and conduct interviews, hiring, performance evaluations, disciplinary actions and staff development
• Develop monitoring systems for the collection, documentation and reporting of quality assessment and improvement data; extracts pertinent information from quality assessment and improvement studies, initiates corrective action plans, and re-monitors results
• Concurrently monitor resource utilization, including payroll, supplies and expenses, client volume and revenue variation reports, outpatient volume reports, mileage and expense logs
• Prepare and submit capital expenditure requests, department projections and annual budget.

Job Benefits:

We offer you an excellent total compensation package, including competitive salary and generous benefit package and growth opportunities. Your benefits include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability, tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, and employee stock purchase program.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Technology, Biomedical Science, Biology or Chemistry is required; Graduate Degree is helpful
• 2-3 years experience at a supervisory level in a clinical laboratory setting required
• Previous director-level experience in high volume lab preferred
• Medical Technologist license is required (National Certification)
• Hospital experience is important – the candidate can have core lab experience but would need only hospital or both hospital and core to be considered a strong candidate
• COVID-19 vaccination required based on local, state, and/or federal law or regulations (unless religious or medical exemption is approved)