Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Akron General, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treat our patients as family.

We are an interdisciplinary comprehensive group of Imaging Core Laboratories providing expert scientific, operational and analytical services for clinical trials. When you join our team, you will be part of a supportive caregiver family that will be united in shared values and purpose to fulfill our promise of being the best

place to receive care and the best place to work in healthcare.

A caregiver in this position works Days + Calls, from 7:00am-3:30pm.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Train, evaluate, and when necessary, discipline departmental personnel in accordance with established policies and procedures for their laboratory section.

• Manage work schedules and work assignments to ensure adequate staff coverage for efficient processing of section work activities.

• Monitor and coordinate quality control/quality assurance programs and initiate corrective action in response to any deficiency.

• Ensure that all requirements for CAP, JCAHO and CLIA accreditation are met and that the section complies with all hospital, local, state and federal safety regulations.

• Ensure that procedures are followed to provide accurate test results with optimum turnaround time to enhance quality of patient care.

• Evaluate new equipment and instrument needs, may prepare cost justification and makes recommendations for purchase.

• Monitor budget to maintain expenses within allocated funds; justifies variances in all expense categories.

• Implement cost containment measures consistent with departmental goals.

• Aid in developing systems to detect, correct and prevent potential problems of noncompliance with Medicare, Medicaid and third-party payor regulations and reports potential compliance problems to the Laboratory Director and/or Compliance Department of the Health System.

• May require travel between different sites

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Doctorate, master's or bachelor's degree in a chemical, physical, biological

• OR clinical laboratory science or medical technology from an accredited institution.

• Master's Degree, preferably in Chemistry, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, MBA or the equivalent.

• One year training in an approved program.

• Registry/Certification as Medical Technologist/ Clinical Laboratory Scientist level (CH M or MT) or Cytotechnologist (CT).

• Four years of laboratory experience which includes increasing levels of responsibilities within a clinical laboratory.

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we're dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required

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