Laboratory Services Director jobs in Sacramento, CA

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in medical technology, clinical laboratory science, biological sciences, chemical sciences or allied health technologies or equivalent: Required
• Master's Degree: Preferred
• Seven years' related experience: Preferred
• Five years' leadership experience: Preferred

Licenses/Certifications:

• Valid Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) license in state of employment: Required
• American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification: Preferred
• National Credentialing Agency (NCA) for Laboratory Personnel certification: Preferred

Essential Functions:

• Executes new lab operating models from planning, implementation, setting key performance indicators and sustainability metrics. Develops and oversees system lab dashboards. Participates in lab governance, system and member of regional governance. Executes on lab Lean redesign and creates a daily management system and daily standard of work.
• Measures performance and productivity in accordance with targets set forth by market, region and system. Reviews lab statistics and lab dashboards to trend, evaluate, improve, streamline operations and workflow based on standard process or best practice at each lab. Seeks input from lab stakeholders and best practice councils to continuously improve workflow.
• Ensures compliance with rules, regulations and accreditation requirements of regulatory agencies, including Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), College of American Pathologists (CAP), Joint Commission (JC), AABB, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
• Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to patients across the continuums, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Assists in developing, implementing, and maintaining service standards to meet patient and internal client's expectations.
• Implements and maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development. Presents in-service programs. Identifies, develops, and implements processes to improve the quality of tests and services. Identifies and recommends opportunities to improve department systems.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Organizational Requirements:

Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations, including, but not limited to, measles, mumps, flu (based on the seasonal availability of the flu vaccine typically during October-March each year), COVID-19 vaccine (required in CA, HI and OR) etc., as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.