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DLNH - SUPERVISOR, LAB
Job Title: DLNH - SUPERVISOR, LAB
Job Code: 4738
FLSA: N
Job Level: E3
Revised Date: 02/24/2025
Supervisory Responsibility:
General Description of the Job Class
Directs and is responsible for planning, coordinating and supervising all functions within the Histology area for the Pathology Department including: specimen preparation, staffing, training, scheduling, budgeting and maintaining supplies. Ensures quality services in an expeditious manner. Responsible for assuring section meets all regulatory requirements, to include but not limited to, JC, CLIA, CAP and OSHA. Communicates well with laboratory administration, other laboratory facilities, nursing service and physicians. Evaluates employees using laboratory and hospital guidelines and policies to include competency assessment. Encourages professional growth and development of staff. Performs complex histological procedures, records and analyzes data, maintains and repairs instruments. Relies on experience and judgment to perform a variety of required tasks and resolve any problems.
Duties and Responsibilities of this Level
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education
Meets CLIA requirements for position. High school graduate, bachelor or associate degree from an accredited college or university preferred or have previously qualified as a Histology Technician or Histologist Technologist under DHHS/CLIA guidelines. Histology training through an accredited histology school preferred.
Experience
Minimum of five years experience preferred.
Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification
Certified as a Histology Technician or Technologist, ASCP or AMT preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Distinguishing Characteristics of this Level
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
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