Director, Laboratory

Rutherford Regional Health System is a 143-bed acute care facility that offers a broad array of inpatient and outpatient care. Rutherford Regional is dedicated to providing patients with a full range of services to meet their healthcare needs. We provide our services in a caring, professional environment through the teamwork of our medical staff and employees.

Rutherford Regional Health System’s partnership with Duke LifePoint Healthcare is bringing the pieces together to transform healthcare in Rutherford County. Duke LifePoint Healthcare is a joint venture of Duke University Health System, one of the country’s leading academic health systems, and LifePoint Health, a leading healthcare company dedicated to Making Communities Healthier. These two forces joined because of the shared interest in collaborating with hospitals, healthcare providers and patients to bring high quality, innovative healthcare services to communities. Duke LifePoint combines Duke’s unparalleled expertise in clinical excellence and quality care with LifePoints extensive resources and knowledge and experience operating community hospitals and healthcare organizations.

Directs the departments activities and resources to achieve departmental and organizational objectives. Manages staff in a way to produce a positive culture and work environment. Ensures that all proper regulatory compliance is being met within the department. Effectively works with other departments to achieve organizational success.

Essential Functions:

Develops and implements departmental goals, plans, and standards consistent with the clinical,administrative, legal, and ethical requirements/objectives of the organization.

Directs and evaluates departmental operations, including patient care delivery, information technologies, billing and CDM maintenance, service level determination, and complaint management, to achieve performance and quality control objectives.

Plans and monitors staffing activities, including hiring, orienting, evaluating, disciplinary actions, scheduling, competency assessments and continuing education initiatives.

Interacts with senior leadership to prepare, monitor, and evaluate departmental budget and ensures that the department operates in compliance with allocated funding. Coordinates and directs internal/external audits.

Creates and fosters an environment that encourages professional growth. Coordinates training of phlebotomy and lab technician interns from affiliated educational institutions.

Integrates evidence-based practices into operations and clinical protocols.

Planning, organizing and directing the overall operation of the Laboratory Department.

Uses knowledge of chemical, microscopic and bacteriologic tests performed in the laboratory to obtain data for use in diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

Ensure that services are of the best quality, are cost contained and are carried out in an expeditious, timely manner.

Recognize results or problems that require referral to the Pathologist, assuring competency of all personnel, formulating the budget for the department, maintaining performance improvement activities within the department and participating in QA activities and maintaining efficient and effective departmental operations in compliance with all state, federal and local regulatory law, standards and protocols, in particular to maintain compliance with federal CLIA regulations.

Performs or delegates the duties of the various lab personnel in their absence.

Performs annual Proficiency Testing Review and Joint Commission FSA to ensure perpetual readiness.

Coordinates the ordering of supplies and approves all purchase requests. Effectively evaluates new equipment needs, gathers information, quotes and coordinates purchase as well as preventive and corrective maintenance of equipment, interfaces; responsible for lab contracts for equipment and services.

Maintains, evaluates and updates as needed the Laboratory Chargemaster (CDM) for both in-house testing and testing sent to Reference Labs at least annually. Evaluates CPT/HCPCS coding changes annually so as to keep CDM current up to date.

Minimum EducationBachelors Degree requiredMasters Degree in related field preferred.
ASCP Certification required

Required SkillsRequires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must have technical writing abilities, effective interpersonal and communication skills as to interact with supervisor and others. Must have good organization and prioritization skills . Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
Computer: MS Office

Minimum Work ExperienceMinimum 5 years Lab experience (preferably in an acute setting).Minimum 3 years management experience preferred.

Benefits – Wide range of benefits options!

Here at Rutherford Regional, you choose your own Medical, Dental, and Vision plans from a variety of competitive options that give you the coverage that best fits your needs.

HSA

401(K) retirement plan contributions

Generous Paid Time Off

Accident & Critical Illness Insurance

Prescription Assistance with OptumRx

Income protection programs for the entire family such as life insurance, Short/Long-term Disability, and Identity Theft.

Employee Assistance program at no cost to you to provide emotional, legal, financial, and daily life support for your entire household. Services are available 24 hrs. a day, 7 days a week.

Free travel and entertainment discount program to ensure you enjoy your time away from work.

Why join our team?

We are dedicated to providing patients with a full range of services to meet their healthcare needs, and we believe our employees are our most valuable assets in accomplishing this goal. Rutherford Regional is growing its team of dedicated health care professionals. If you are looking to start a /career that cares/, are passionate about changing lives, and ready to work in a supportive environment in a close-knit community, apply today!

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Title: Director, Laboratory

Location: NC-Rutherfordton

Requisition ID: 7462-9145