Albany, New York
Moorestown, New Jersey
Posted: 09-Jun-26
Location: Suffern, New York
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Internal Number: 12365
The Core Lab Manager manages and supervises staff performing core laboratory testing and assures that testing operations occur in a satisfactory manner consistent with regulatory requirements. On occasion the Core Lab Manager shall perform duties and functions of a medical technologist.
Responsibilities:
- Organizes, plans, and directs operational processes, staff scheduling, workflow, human resource issues, and staff development.
- Oversees the performance and quality improvement initiatives for areas of responsibility.
- Develops, establishes, and ensures implementation of core laboratory technical policies and procedures.
- Assures quality control and proficiency testing is performed as per policy and within practice guidelines.
- Oversees the operations of the Core laboratory department. Assures efficient and effective operations.
- Performs review of patient test results and quality reports.
- Performs staff training and competency.
- Evaluates the performance of Core laboratory staff. Assures staff compliance to policies and procedures.
- Performs payroll duties.
- Performs computer functions to process test orders including test ordering printing labels, recording correct collection and receipt times, crediting/ cancelling orders, resulting and patient inquiry functions.
- Troubleshoots orders and provides proper communication to the clinician as appropriate.
- Performs technical duties such as patient testing, quality control testing, instrument maintenance and resulting of patient tests.
- Screens applications, interview appropriate applicants, make hiring decisions, perform employee counseling and evaluations, scheduling.
- Coordinates the performance of linearity studies, correlations and routine/emergency maintenance of laboratory instrumentation and methodologies as per regulatory requirements.
- Ensure supply levels are adequate, order supplies. Assures cost efficiencies.
- Provide appropriate oversight to the clinical staff in the Core Laboratory Department to ensure policies/procedures are performed in accordance with accreditation standards, regulatory licensing requirements, regional guidelines, and safety regulations.
- Stays current on laboratory related topics. Makes recommendations for testing, equipment, and other clinical standard practice changes.
- Serves as primary resource to the local QA/QI Committees for testing performed in the Core Laboratory Department of the laboratory.
- Functions as a member of the local laboratory leadership team.
- Coordinates with laboratory leadership in the identification, implementation, and optimization of patient testing.
- Implements new processes as approved by Laboratory Leadership.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications/Requirements:
Experience: Minimum of six years relevant professional Chemistry/Hematology lab work experience required. Supervisory experience preferred.
Education: Bachelor?s degree in laboratory sciences or related degree required.
Licenses / Certifications: A valid New York State Education Department License as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist; National registration preferred (NCA/ASCP).
Other: N/A
Special Requirements: N/A