Senior Advisor, Clinical Laboratory

Job Description

Plans, organizes and evaluates the staff and operations, and ensures staffing, materials, and equipment needs are met and turn-around-time is within acceptable limits. Leads the development and maintenance of methods to ensure employee validation and/or competency; assists in seeking and implementing solutions to issues relating to the processing and delivery of highly accurate and precise patient data. Seeks to find solutions to enhance the delivery of data to clinicians.

Job Responsibility

• Develops, and monitors operating policies and procedures for the clinical sections of the Central Laboratories and oversees daily function of the Chemistry/Hematology/Coagulation testing; Coordinates robotics system enhancements for instrumentation, Laboratory design and organization; monitors and directs activities to enhance the delivery of results to clinicians.
• Maintains current policy and procedure manual; reviews and revises as necessary; demonstrates understanding of all tests performed at the Central Laboratories and answers technical questions as necessary.
• Oversees the preparation and justification of department budget for the major testing areas within the Central Laboratories; oversees the ordering and approval of supplies and inventory Directs QA functions; assists in the development, evaluation and maintenance of QC/QA reporting.
• Reviews monthly statistics for the Core Laboratory and submits reports as directed; investigates, prepares and responds to any incident issue that affects the production of patient data.
• Directs/monitors external PT program.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory standards governing the Clinical Lab.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Master's Degree required. PHD preferred.
• Current license to practice as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
• 10+ years of technical experience and 2+ years of leadership / management experience, required.

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).