Company Overview
United Health Services (UHS) is the largest comprehensive healthcare system and leading private employer in the Greater Binghamton, N.Y., region. With a diverse network of over 60 locations throughout Broome and surrounding counties, we provide healthcare services to around 600,000 residents of the Southern Tier of upstate New York and portions of Northeast Pennsylvania. UHS offers a wide range of services, from primary care to advanced specialty treatments, ensuring that our community has access to comprehensive healthcare solutions. Our commitment to patient-centered care means that every interaction is designed to prioritize the health and well-being of those we serve. We are equally dedicated to our team, creating a supportive environment where healthcare professionals can thrive. This is UHS. Where every connection matters. United Health Services is a locally owned, not-for-profit system, governed by a Board of Directors made up of community citizens who volunteer their time. The employees, providers, volunteers and leadership of UHS share a commitment and promise to the people whom they serve: We will listen. We will show respect. We will give hope. The members of UHS UHS Hospitals: UHS Wilson Medical Center and UHS Binghamton General Hospital UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital UHS Delaware Valley Hospital UHS Senior Living at Ideal UHS Home Care The affiliates of UHS UHS Medical Group UHS Foundation United Health Services, Inc. and the members of the UHS System neither are affiliated with, sponsored, endorsed nor approved by, nor otherwise associated with, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS), UHS of Delaware, Inc. nor their affiliates, which can be found at www.uhsinc.com.
About the job
We are seeking a Director, Clinical Pathology to organize and direct the operations of the Clinical Laboratories Department in conformity with generally accepted regional and national medical standards.
Key Responsibilities
a) Provide oversight of all aspects of the laboratory’s quality management system to ensure conformance to requirements described in the Quality Management System chapter of these Clinical Laboratory Practice Standards.
b) Provide continuing education to laboratory staff that is relevant to laboratory medicine.
c) Ensure that policies and procedures are established for monitoring staff to assess competency, and whenever necessary, provide remedial training or continuing education to improve skills.
d) Specify in writing the technical and administrative responsibilities and duties of all laboratory personnel. The Clinical Pathology Director is responsible for competency assessment of direct-report supervisors. Documentation of assessments must be performed annually and whenever new systems are introduced. Remedial steps must be documented when staff do not perform as expected.
e) Promote a safe laboratory environment for personnel and the public.
f) Ensure that an approved procedure manual is available to all personnel.
g) Monitor all work performed in the laboratory to ensure that medically reliable data are generated.
h) Assure the laboratory participates in monitoring and evaluating the quality and appropriateness of services rendered, within the context of the Quality Management System, regardless of where the testing is performed.
i) Provide advice to referring physicians regarding the significance of laboratory findings and ensure that reports of test results include pertinent information required for specific patient interpretation.
j) Ensure the laboratory is enrolled in the Department’s proficiency testing program for the testing performed and the laboratory adheres to the program’s administrative and technical requirements and for all tests with no available New York State proficiency test, ensure the laboratory adopts an alternate method to verify test accuracy and reliability.
k) Effectively implement a plan of correction to deficiencies identified.
l) Participate in Medical Executive Committee, other institutional, Medical Staff Committees, and interdepartmental activities in the absence of chairman and vice chairman of pathology department.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. A physician license to practice in the State of New York and eligible for membership on the UHS Medical Staff.
2. Certified by the American Board of Clinical Pathology.
3. A certificate of qualification (C of Q).
4. Dynamic individual with superior professional ability, broad vision, leadership qualities, sensitivity to the health care needs of the institution, Medical Staff, and community at large.
5. Demonstrates ability to lead, plan, organize and direct a large multi-hospital-based department of pathology.
6. Service orientation with emphasis on appropriateness, accuracy, timelines, and knowledge of and sensitivity of complex relationships with a diverse Medical Staff.
7. Understanding of and interest in the current medico-political climate in the country and pertinent reimbursement issues
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