Travel Laboratory Operations Manager - $2,362 per week

  • Atlantic Health System Hospital Corporation - 97 West Parkway
  • Pompton Plains, New Jersey
  • 10/03/2025
Full time

Job Description

  • Certification Details
  • BLS
  • State Licensure
  • Job Details
  • Under the direction of the Laboratory Director, the Manager, Laboratory Operations will coordinate and oversee a wide variety of administrative, personnel and technical activities to ensure efficient operation of the Hospital Laboratory.
  • Initiates new procedures as well as study, refine and modify established methods and techniques.
  • Serves as a resource to the Leadership Team.
  • Addresses complaints regarding laboratory functions and works with the Leadership team as well as staff to resolve identified problems.
  • Provides direction and supervision to Section supervisors, Lead Technologists, and Technologists.
  • Oversees the operation of the Laboratory at Chilton Medical Center including Core Lab, Blood Bank, Phlebotomy and Point of Care.
  • Strong emphasis on quality management and strategic thinking in Laboratory Management is important.
  • Acts as the on-site administrative resource for the laboratory team.
  • Performs ongoing departmental monitoring to improve quality, workflow, staff productivity, and employee satisfaction.
  • Responsible for mentoring, coaching and development of direct reports.
  • Compares and administers departmental budgets, coordinates objectives and goals designed to improve the fiscal and organizational operation of the laboratory.
  • Responsible for daily operations of all sections of the laboratory including oversight of quality control, instrument maintenance, scheduling of personnel, policy interpretation and counseling, inventory and reference laboratory testing.
  • Completes projects assigned by the director, reports and evaluations within the requested time frame.
  • Maintains a high quality work environment necessary for excellent patient care by ensuring the standards set forth by agencies of laboratory accreditation and licensure are met.
  • Maintains professional working relationships with all other departments through proper communication techniques.
  • Resolves problems by consulting with pathologists, other laboratory managers, technical coordinators, laboratory directors, and customer care team.
  • Coordinates regularly scheduled team meetings with department supervisors, leads and staff; establishes other communication pathways and reviews for effectiveness.
  • Maintains medical laboratory productivity by monitoring workload of functional areas; identifying peak and slack periods; making operational or staffing adjustments.
  • The Laboratory Manager is not required to be on-site at all times testing is performed but must be available to the laboratory on an as needed basis to provide consultation via telephone or electronic means.
  • Unit Specific Information
  • Laboratory Operations including Core Lab, Blood Bank, Phlebotomy and Point of Care