Manager Laboratory - Yuma, United States - Yuma Regional Medical Center

Description

Work Status Details:
REGULAR FULL TIME | 80.00 Hours Every Two Weeks

Pay Rate Type:
Annual Salary

Listed is the base hiring salary range offered for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors, including but not limited to skills and experience. The salary range listed is just one component of the total rewards/compensation package offered to candidates.
Min = $82,507.832
Mid = $107,260.181

Summary:

The Hematology/Coagulation Manager provides leadership to the Hematology/Coagulation team comprised Medical Technologists (MT), Medical Laboratory Technicians (MLT), and Technical Assistants; Collaborates with the director to direct the Hematology/Coagulation team to meet the needs of patients, physicians, and staff by ensuring excellence in all aspects of laboratory operations; Directs the section's human resources and employee relations to ensures appropriate staffing and productivity levels, develops/monitors performance and productivity improvement, training, safety, quality and regulatory standards; Ensures excellence in customer service and achievement of budgetary goals; manages continuous improvement of section's processes and functions; Provides input into the fiscal management of the section, including forecasting and monitoring of operating performance; Identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of service.

Aadheresto state and federal rules and regulations; ensures compliance with CAP, federal, state and local agencies; Performs clinical and related duties as required.

Reports to Admin Director, Laboratory.

Why Yuma Regional Medical Center?
Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) is located in Yuma, AZ. Our purpose is building a healthier tomorrow. We strive by putting patients first as they are the center of every decision and action we take. YRMC is rooted in the community by living and breathing the dynamic nature of our region.

Being committed to progress by constantly and consistently advancing healthcare, creating meaningful experiences and improving the lives of everyone around us.

Our Values
Bring Kindness | Achieve Together | Aspire For Better | Do The Right Thing | Lead With Optimism |
About Yuma, AZ

Named by the Guinness World Records as the Sunniest City on Earth with winters averaging temperatures of 70 degrees, sunny days and cooler nights.

Yuma, Arizona is a place to explore the great outdoors with hiking, jet skiing, boating and off-roading. Don't forget to soak up the sun at the great Colorado River or one of Yuma's many lakes.
Yuma is centrally located in Southwest Arizona, within a short drive to many popular attractions and destinations.

Bring your skills to one of the sunniest places on earth - Yuma, AZ

Responsibilities:

Medical Technologist:
Works as a Medical Technologist following standard operating procedures.

Performs quantitative, qualitative and subjective lab procedures by manual and automated methods in accordance with the instructions in the technical procedures manuals; Performs limited complex testing as evidenced by audit and documentation; Performs lab procedures in an accurate and efficient manner following current technical procedure, verifies results according to the department protocol as evidenced by audit.

Learns and adapts to new policies, procedures and methodologies in a timely manner; Recognizes problems and assists in seeking solutions; refers major problems to the technical specialist; Maintains adequate levels of supplies and reagents; notified appropriate person to reorder as required.

Practices cost-containment by eliminating careless mistakes and unnecessary repeats;

Demonstrates teamwork, initiative flexibility in covering other shifts/areas as needed; Supports laboratory safety compliance objectives.

Operational Management

Competency:
Exhibits a commitment to operational management and completing tasks through personal initiative, and persistence.

Demonstrates an ability to plan, organize, coordinate, prioritize, balance workload and follow through to achieve institutional and individual goals and objectives; Demonstrates use of good judgments and sound decision-making (common sense, intuition, data collection, analytical skills, impact evaluation, and communications) to systematically address problems, define alternate solutions, negotiate and facilitate implementation of solutions; Balances need for consensus and involvement with need for decisiveness and action.

Provides consistent and open encouragement to trying new and creative approaches, yet willing to make a decision and take a stand.

Accountability:

Develops and implements internal policies and procedures, which support the section but are aligned with hospital Personnel Policies and Administrative Policies; Identifies to Director whether section has appropriate staff, facilities, space, and other resources needed to perform efficiently; Establishes performance standards with which to measure effectiveness and efficiency of services; Ensures compliance with regulations governing hospitals and the rules of accrediting bodies by continually monitoring the organization's service delivery system and by initiating changes as required; Manages customer relationships and communicates their needs and expectations clearly to staff.

Accountable for providing a good system for resolving problems and learning from them.

Must be committed to working with both internal and external customers in fulfilling the mission of the department and the institution;E nsures that laboratory procedures are accurate and tested in an efficient manner, verifies results according to the department protocol as evidenced by audit; Ensures semi-annual self and regular CAP inspections are conducted and any deficiencies noted are fixed in a timely manner for Hematology/Coagulation team.

Planning & Quality

Competency:

In collaboration with the Director, develops through an integration of ideas of those involved, an organized tactical plan to achieve both short and long term objectives for the section; Communicates plan to obtain commitment by the responsible individuals.

Accountability:

Develops, maintains and monitors QA/QC/PM processes to assure quality outcomes; Establishes goals for subordinates that support Departmental goals; Establishes measurement tools to track progress towards personal and subordinates' goals; Ensures adequate reagents/supplies; Ensures that functional verification, preventative maintenance and trouble-shooting on all equipment are conducted to ensure reliable results, and maintains proper documentation of equipment; Works closely with the inventory clerk to insure that supplies are readily available and par levels are set appropriately for varying test volumes.

Fiscal Management

Competency:

Demonstrates a personal accountability for financial results through mindful execution of section's budget; Engages staff in efforts to contain costs and improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of services.

Understands the basics of health care financial management.

Accountability:

Assists in establishing section's budget targets, holds self and other individuals accountable for compliance with annual budget plan; Identifies program or service growth opportunities and methodologies to enhance revenues.

System Thinking

Competency:
Ensure individual actions contribute to the overall good of the institution; Understands and is able to communicate how individual and section goals overlap with YRMC's goals; Demonstrates commitment for the good of the organization while maintaining congruence with commitment to the section; Recognizes and uses information about organizational climate and key individuals to accomplish legitimate organizational goals; Understands the importance of timing, politics and group processes in managing change; Balances section needs with the hospital needs and reconciles

the two without sacrificing the critical needs of either.

Customer Service

Competency:

Exhibits unyielding commitment to providing excellent service to patients, physicians, employees and other customers; Demonstrates strong communication skills through effective exchange of information with others, including written and oral communication, active listening, influencing the behavior of others and building personal rapport; Communicates with others in an open and friendly manner, while simultaneously building credibility and rapport; Exhibits strong interactive skills through a demonstration of respecting others' feelings, ideas and opinions; fosters an open interchange, displays a genuine understanding and acceptance of others; Demonstrates perceptivity regarding others' feelings, ideas and opinions.

Accountability:
Assures a respectful work environment.

Sets the tone in the section by communicating values and attitudes that will significantly shape the culture of the group; Models appropriate behaviors and values; sets expectations for respectful behavior with all employees.

Human Resources Management

Competency:

Develops others through setting clear expectations, mentoring and coaching, and holding others accountable for results; Utilizes work force analysis, identifies required competencies needed for effective management of human resources and is able to identify short and long-term staffing needs; Conducts oneself in an honest, credible, trustworthy manner consistent with YRMC's values.

Demonstrates an integration of values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors through an acceptance of responsibility and accountability for individual's own actions.

Accountability:

Ensures that the work force has the necessary skills to accomplish the work required to achieve the objectives of the section; Anticipates and identifies needs to meet future challenges.

Fosters an open working environment for easy access to express ideas and concerns; Demonstrates and expects open communications; Promotes an environment that is open and collaborative while keeping the team focused on a common goal; Builds rapport, encourages teamwork, creates an environment where employees may feel empowered.

Job specific Accountabilities:

Ensures that laboratory procedures are accurate and tested in an efficient manner, verifies results according to the department protocol as evidenced by audit; Ensures that functional verification, preventative maintenance and trouble-shooting on all equipment are conducted to ensure reliable results, and maintains proper documentation of equipment; Serves as technical resource to physicians and staff; Directs resolution of technical issues related to results and/or instruments; Ensures adequate reagents/supplies; Coordinates with other Supervisors for employees work schedule and is responsible for acting as a group leader; Develops, maintains and monitors QA/QC/PM processes to assure quality outcomes; Assists in training personnel in departmental procedures, policy and safety, and follows their progress assuring annual competencies are completed; Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Credentials:

Essential:

• MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST (MT)
• MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST (MLS)

Education:

Essential:

• BACHELOR'S DEGREE

Other information:

REQUIRED:
5+ years related; 1+ years supervisory experience
Physical Requirements and working conditions for this position will be provided to you up on interview.

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