Manager of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Labs

Company Description

At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace. This patient-first approach is what sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry. As an integral part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to join our quest for better healthcare, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system. At Northwestern Medicine, we pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, we take care of our employees. Ready to join our quest for better?

Job Description

The Manager of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Labs reflects the mission, vision, and values of Northwestern Medicine, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

Collaborates with leadership to advance quality strategies, ensure a professional work environment, facilitate timeliness of services, and enhance patient satisfaction. The Manager is responsible for fiscal, human resource, and quality outcomes for their defined service area or unit. The Manager places the needs of the patient and other customers as a priority and demonstrates the skills necessary to meet and exceed expectations. The Manager focuses others on a clearly defined, clearly communicated vision, and engages individuals and groups to achieve that vision. The Manager identifies and develops organizational talent and embraces continuous learning of self and others.

Responsibilities:

Core Skills: Operations, Performance, Practice

• Attracts, develops, and retains exceptional service providers and provides those individuals with an environment that fosters excellence through continuous learning
  • Collaborates with Human Resources and other managers to ensure appropriate staffing
  • Advances innovative retention strategies for staff
  • Collaboratively manages the disciplinary process when appropriate
  • Facilitates the annual performance review process
  • Ensure application of staffing tools
  • Facilitates on-boarding of new staff
• Manages people and resources to ensure safe and efficient patient care operations
  • Assumes 24-hour accountability for quality of patient care, human resources, and overall function.
  • In conjunction with the Laboratory Director, Section Medical Director(s) and Administrative Director develops section-based goals to support hospital and division mission and objectives.
  • Ensures that staff exhibit patients’ first standards.
  • Monitors research and investigational activity to assure compliance with hospital policies/procedures.
  • Facilitates a multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach to patient care and interdepartmental problem solving/service delivery.
  • Develops and maintains relationships with all customers and suppliers.
  • Assures that service standards are developed, implemented, and evaluated.
  • Creates an environment of high morale and motivated professionals.
  • Ensures that the environment is clean and attractive, safe, and free from hazards for patients, staff, and visitors.
  • Assumes delegated management responsibilities in the absence of the Director.
  • Maintains Relative Value Unit (RVU), and productivity systems.
  • Maintains department Service Master.
  • Provides coordinated access between all vendors of Northwestern Medicine departments.
  • Facilitates planned growth in new program areas.
  • Participates and takes leadership roles in Hospital Committees as appropriate.
• Established, implements, and monitors the unit or service area’s capital and operating budget to achieve defined targets
  • Creates annual operating budget and is accountable for monthly financial performance
  • Creates and implements new and replacement capital requests and department projects
  • Partners with the leaderships to advance improvement initiative and opportunities
• Leads the development and implementation of approaches to attain maximum quality and efficiency of service provision
  • Supports continuous quality improvement initiatives during the Define, Measure, Analyze, Implement, Control (DMAIC) phase
  • Monitors and reports on departmental regulatory compliance
  • Monitors and reports upon departmental productivity (statistics) and works with management team to strategize means to maximize output. Develops tools /metrics necessary to adequately assess departmental performance
  • Incorporates results of compliance audits in the improvement of services and enhancement of patient care consisten