The Laboratory Manager is responsible for the daily operational, technical, financial, and personnel management of assigned laboratory departments. This role ensures compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements while maintaining high-quality patient care, accurate test results, operational efficiency, and employee engagement. The Laboratory Manager collaborates with medical directors, organizational leadership, and laboratory staff to achieve departmental and organizational goals.
Education: Bachelor's degree with detailed knowledge of laboratory operations, quality assurance and control; specimen integrity; knowledge of billing, compliance, and budgetary control.
License: National certification as a Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), Specialist or Medical Technologist (MT) with the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or Clinical Laboratory Scientist (HEW). MT preferred.
Experience: Three to five years’ experience in a laboratory setting with management or lab outreach experience preferred.
Huntsville Hospital is an 881-bed hospital that serves as the regional referral center for North Alabama and southern Tennessee. Huntsville Hospital is governed by the Health Care Authority of the City of Huntsville and is the second-largest hospital in Alabama. In recent years, the hospital has expanded its services throughout the region with the development of Huntsville Hospital Health System, which includes hospitals in Huntsville, Madison, Athens, Decatur, Boaz, Guntersville, Moulton, Red Bay, Sheffield, Scottsboro, and Fayetteville, Tenn. The Health System includes more than 2,300 patient beds and 19,500 employees.
