Assistant Director of Pathology

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Summary:

We are searching for an Assistant Director of Pathology– someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will ensure high-quality Pathology Laboratory services to achieve timely, cost-effective, quality patient care through the coordination and supervision of daily operations with oversight and planning of financial management of the department.

 

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Responsibilities :

• Provides leadership for assessment, planning, integration, implementation, and support
• Participates in the development of departmental and institutional strategic planning
• Works collaboratively with physician, nursing, and department leadership to ensure appropriate provision of laboratory services
• Coordinates efforts of operational and technical teams in developing and implementing policies, quality programs, and compliance assessment tools
• Assists in developing and implementing policies related to the creation and use of information generated by diagnostic services
• Assists in developing and implementing a quality program that ensures the integrity and accuracy of diagnostic information acquired and disseminated using departmental systems
• Maintains knowledge of future directions regarding regulation, quality, compliance, and technology
• Participates on institutional committees and informs departmental leadership regarding institutional plans and decisions related to changes in policy, infrastructure, and systems
• Manages daily operations for departmental systems, including downtime, errors, and other interruptions in service
• Manages system projects; assures data integrity, quality, and security and plans for backup and retrieval. Develops reports for systems management
• Works with vendors and departments to define appropriate maintenance plans
• Coordinates planning, development, and revisions of policies and procedures
• Tracks and reports recurrent technical or user education problems to appropriate departmental leadership.
• Validates data quality, information systems, instrument, and systems interfaces
• Assists with the development and management of budgets
• Forecasts funding required to support TCH needs and service levels

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Medical Technology, laboratory science, chemical, physical or biology science
• 4 years’ experience in a Pathology Lab Environment, 2 of which is Supervisory experience
• Certifications/Licenses
  • MT-ASCP - Cert-Medical Technologist OR
  • MLS-ASCP - Cert-Medical Lab Scientist OR
  • CLSP-NCA - Clinical Laboratory Spec.-NCA OR
  • MB-ASCP - Cert-Tech Molecular Biology OR
  • MP-ASCP - Cert-Tech Molecular Pathology OR
  • BB-ASCP - Cert-Tech Blood Bank OR
  • C-ASCP - Cert-Technologist in Chemistry OR
  • H-ASCP - Cert-Technologist Hematology OR
  • M-ASCP - Cert-Technologist Microbiology OR
  • HT-ASCP - Cert-Histotechnician OR
  • HLT - Histology Technologist OR
  • PA-ASCP - Cert-Pathologists Assistant
• Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including any booster dose(s) of the COVID-19 vaccine recommended by the Centers for Disease Control when eligible, is required for all employees at Texas Children’s unless approved for a medical or religious exemption.

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