What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Clinical Chemistry Laboratory position at Clinical Management Consultants?
If where you work matters to you, this hospital will be the right place for your career to blossom! This prestigious healthcare system in beautiful, sunny and coastal Northern California is actively seeking for a Director of Chemistry Clinical Laboratory role.
The Director of Clinical Laboratory Chemistry will join the family of dedicated Clinical Laboratory Scientists CLS and other health care professionals living out a mission to heal people in body, mind and spirit. With services ranging from family-centered maternity care and high level neonatal care to technologically advanced cardiac services and an innovative palliative care program, our work touches people at every stage of their lives.
The Director of Clinical Chemistry Laboratory will ultimately be responsible for setting the standard of quality for testing within the General Lab Department of the Shared Lab. The CLIA Medical Laboratory Director will be responsible for the overall Clinical Quality of testing, development of new tests and test procedures, and verification in accordance with federal requirements under CLIA-88, College of American Pathologists (CAP), the State of California, and any other related regulatory or accrediting body affecting clinical activities of the laboratory.
The Director of Clinical Laboratory Chemistry will assure that lab services are quality focused, progressive, competitive, customer service-oriented, and effectively integrated with other the organization’s standards. The laboratory is to operate in compliance with state, local and federal regulations, licensing and accreditation. The Director of Clinical Chemistry Laboratory must have Doctorate PhD degree in Chemistry with 2 year Clinical Chemistry fellowship required.
The Chemistry Laboratory Clinical Director will provide clinical guidance to laboratory personnel performing moderate and high complexity tests while serving as a liaison between referring physicians, administration, and laboratory staff. The Director of Clinical Laboratory Chemistry will teach principles of medical and laboratory procedures to laboratory personnel. Responsible for ensuring that laboratory services contribute positively to high value medical care and disease prevention through service excellence, analytical accuracy, and cost effectiveness; as well as high value financial performance.
The Director of Clinical Laboratory Chemistry will function as Director in charge of all required Clinical Science, New Test Development, Validations, and overall Clinical Quality of the general lab; therefore, this position is the leader in charge of all clinical outcomes of the general lab. This position may be assigned special projects and operations that compel alignment with the lab network or other clinical/functional integration throughout the organization.
The Director of Chemistry Clinical Laboratory will join a healthcare organization that is about caring for the community and caring about the employees by giving them the opportunity to make a difference every day. When you join the team here, you too can take pride in knowing that you are not only caring for patients in the best way possible but that you are part of a family of more than 3,000 employees and 1,000 physicians who believe in providing only the best in personalized care. Join now!
