What are the responsibilities and job description for the DIRECTOR, LABORATORY position at North Texas Medical Center?
The Laboratory Director is responsible for the overall operation and administration of the lab.
The Lab Director is accessible to the laboratory to provide onsite, telephone, or electronic consultation as needed.
The Lab Director ensures that testing systems developed and used for each of the tests performed in the lab provide quality lab services for all aspects of test performance, which includes the pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phases of testing.
The Lab Director ensures that the physical plant and environmental conditions of the laboratory are appropriate for the testing performed and provide a safe environment in which employees are protected from physical, chemical, and biological hazards.
Ensures that the lab is enrolled in an HHS-approved proficiency testing program. The testing samples are tested as required by CLIA, and that results are reviewed as needed and remedial action taken when proficiency results are unacceptable.
Ensures that test methodologies selected have the capability of providing the quality of results required for patient care and that verification procedures are adequate to determine the accuracy, precision, and other pertinent performance characteristics of the method.
Ensures that the quality control and quality assurance programs are established and maintained to assure the quality of laboratory services provided and to identify failures in quality as they occur.
Ensures the establishment and maintenance of acceptable levels of analytical performance for each test system.
Ensures that all necessary remedial actions are taken and documented whenever significant deviations from the laboratory’s established performance characteristics are identified and that patient test results are reported only when the system is functioning properly.
Ensures that reports of test results include pertinent information required for interpretation.
Ensures that consultation is available to the lab's clients on matters relating to the quality of the test results reported and their interpretation concerning specific patient conditions.
Lab Director will provide on-site supervision of high complexity test performance by testing personnel.
Ensures that prior to reporting test results personnel are qualified and competent to perform testing.
Ensures that an approved procedure manual is available to all personnel responsible for any aspect of the testing process.
Specifies in writing the responsibilities and duties of each consultant, supervisor, and testing personnel. Define what examinations and procedures each individual is authorized to perform.
Responsible for hiring and scheduling adequate personnel in the lab.
Responsible for assisting the Chief Financial officer prepare and implement the laboratory budget (both capital & operating).
Ensures that all charges for laboratory services are properly captured and entered into the electronic medical record.
Responsible for working cohesively with other departments in the hospital for the delivery of patient care.
Other duties as assigned by the Lab Medical Director and administration.
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