NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

Supervises a

Supervises a section/unit of the Laboratory. Responsible for performing and assessing laboratory tests on specimens for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in a timely manner. Ensures compliance with all regulatory standards for the section/unit of the Laboratory. Demonstrates knowledge of the organization's Service Standards and incorporates them into the performance of Duties.

Responsibilities
1. Supervises technical staff and provides support to the lab section COQ holder.
2. Preparation of laboratory area, equipment, reagents, and instruments for testing.
3. Prepares specimens to be tested; Performs manual and automated test as needed.
4. Analyzes, interprets, reports, and verifies test results.
5. Monitors testing equipment, solutions, and work environment by following laboratory Quality Control procedures, ensuring the overall reliability of test results.
6. Oversite of inventory management activities.
7. Efficiency in adapting to changes in order to facilitate adequate staffing and effective demonstration in identifying and acting on priorities in a timely manner.
8. Trains new and current employees.
9. Ensures adherence to and maintains on of the follow areas: safety procedures and technical manuals.
10. Participates in in-services, continuing education courses, and assist in developing new procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of six (6) years of pertinent laboratory leadership experience of which not less than two (2) years have been spent working in the designated laboratory specialty in a clinical laboratory having a director at the doctoral level
• Education and experience equivalent to the guidelines mandated by CAP, CLIA, and NYSDOH requirements.

• Be licensed as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist by New York State Department of Education, Office of the Professions.

• Bachelor's degree in Clinical Laboratory Technology from a program registered by the NYS Department of Education or Bachelor's degree in the major of biology, chemistry or physical sciences from an accredited college or university

• Knowledgeable in Quality Control, Quality Assurance procedures, and Laboratory Automation

• Effective oral, written, communication and interpersonal skills.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs