Laboratory Director

Company: SSM Health
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: June 25, 2022

Job Description:

Performs the leadership function of setting objectives, planning, staffing and director activities of the laboratory. Responsible for the department's overall delivery of service.PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Directs all areas within assigned lab.
• Ensures compliance with QA/QC standards required by CAP, CLIA, FDA and other regulatory guidelines.
• Directs or works directly on projects of complex scope.
• Develops and implements quality improvement processes and performance improvement plans.
• Develops financial plan.
• Attends and participates in committees.
• Develops policies, goals and objectives.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience and education EXPERIENCE
    • Bachelor's degree: Seven years' technical experience in a laboratory setting including two years' concurrent supervisory experience. Master's degree or higher: Five years' technical experience in a laboratory setting including two years' concurrent supervisory experience. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
      • Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
      • Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
      • Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
      • Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
      • Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
      • Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
      • Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
      • Rare climbing.

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