Laboratory Manager - Toppenish - Req #2080659172 en Astria Health

About Astria

The Astria Health system, headquartered in the heart of the state of Washington’s wine country in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is the largest non-profit healthcare system based in Eastern Washington. Astria Health is the parent non-profit organization of Astria Sunnyside Hospital and Astria Toppenish Hospital and delivers care throughout the Valley through its Astria Health Hospitals and its Astria Ambulatory Care model focused on delivering the highest level of ambulatory and outpatient care in convenient locations in both the Lower and Upper Yakima Valley. Astria Ambulatory Care is designed to meet the changing lifestyles and diverse needs of those living and working throughout the region.

Across our healthcare network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers and opportunities for growth and safe workplaces. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, marketing, or our clinical services in any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for providing exceptional healthcare to our communities motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion, we want to hear from you.  

Our operating principles define how we come together as a team to do our work. They reflect Astria Health’s unique view on what’s important and right - being a leader in providing innovative, exceptional rural healthcare solutions with kindness and dignity. Documenting this core aspect of our culture helps employees make good decisions independently, cultivate trust through accountability, and go beyond the expected. We believe in continuously escalating the bar for talent and performance because we are obsessed with a commitment to excellence and patient care. It also helps candidates consider career opportunities and evaluate whether they will thrive at Astria Health.

Astria Health is seeking a Lab Manager to join our team! This position will oversee our Toppenish Hospital Lab. 

As the Lab Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing and improving the institutional operational performance of the laboratory. You will:

• Accountable for overall laboratory operations to include but not limited to setting objectives, planning, staffing and managing activities of laboratory departments such as Chemistry, Hematology and Transfusion Services.
• Responsible for clinical, technical, administrative, regulatory, and financial management and improvement of the laboratory programs to ensure effectiveness, quality and efficiency
• Ensures laboratory services meet the needs of patients in accordance accepted standards and best practices.
• Develops operational infrastructure that’s promotes intra departmental collaboration.
• Implements processes to support new business opportunities and technologies
•  Performs other duties as assigned
• Collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries.
• Adheres to the core values and standards of the organization.