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Director, Lab

Clarksville, TN💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-26 → 2026-09-26

Core

Oversees administrative, fiscal, and technical activities to ensure efficient operation and regulatory compliance of a clinical laboratory.

Role type

Director of Clinical Laboratory

Builds

Clinical laboratory services for a comprehensive academic health system

Domain

Healthcare / Clinical Laboratory Medicine

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Regulatory compliance management, staff hiring and discipline, budget and resource management, quality control program oversight, point of care testing management, equipment procurement evaluation, inventory management, performance metrics definition

Preferred skills

Knowledge of laboratory medicine changes, computer software proficiency, population-specific skill sets

Technologies

Hospital-wide and department-specific computer software

Responsibilities

Ensure laboratory compliance with regulatory agencies (CAP, AABB, JCAHO, CLIA), manage departmental payroll and billing issues, evaluate capital equipment needs, recruit and retain competent staff, define performance objectives and metrics, plan laboratory workflow for optimal productivity

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership & operations

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