Laboratory Business Specialist -
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Skills
accounts payablebudgetinggoogle workspacemicrosoft officepreventive maintenance
About the role
Overview
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.
At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.
Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
The Laboratory Business Specialist is responsible for planning, coordinating, implementing, and reviewing all aspects of the processes specific to the area. This is accomplished in conjunction with Pathology section heads, the medical and administrative leadership of the department.
Responsibilities
A day in the life of a Laboratory Business Specialist at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:
- Administers daily business functions and processes necessary for laboratory operations and identifies areas for improvement or efficiencies under the guidance and planning of hospital leadership.
- Initiates and successfully implements continuous improvement efforts initiated by hospital leadership
- Provides advice and support to laboratory management and staff in efforts to continually improve systems to reduce and eliminate waste and inefficiency.
- Assists with the development, review, and reconciliation of the laboratory budget.
- Orchestrates the preparation, planning, and deployment of capital tied to laboratory operational requests.
- Monitors the laboratory Responsibility Summary and prepares variance reports and justifications as necessary.
- Acts as the laboratory liaison to the Corporate Finance Department for laboratory business activities.
- Enters and tracks purchase orders for all mandatory preventative maintenance.
- Attends laboratory intradepartmental work groups as needed.
- Coordinates with Biomedical Engineering and laboratory leadership on all regulated instrument certifications.
- Orders laboratory supplies for pathology and outreach activities as needed.
- Monitors and collaborates with laboratory leadership on the destruction of files and materials located at off-site storage facilities.
- Reviews and maintains destruction records.
- Coordinates training programs for staff, ensuring they are up to date with safety protocols and hospital requirements.
- Evaluates and recommends changes to policies and procedures.
- Conducts annual and quarterly reviews with Pathology leadership to ensure operational goals and standards are met.
- Establishes academic affiliation agreements in consultation with legal counsel for clinical education.
- Coordinates clinical training of students with the respective laboratory leadership.
- Monitors the APC error log and acts as the liaison for the laboratory on the finance Denial Meetings.
- Assists in reconciling and reviewing third-party invoices to the laboratory cost center in conjunction with accounts payable and purchasing.
- Generates standing purchase orders for third party laboratory services.
- Organizes and tracks follow-up for all hospital laboratory action items.
- Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
- Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
Qualifications
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Minimum 5 years of healthcare (hospital) experience.
- Must have excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Must be able to work independently.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Google Suite and/or Microsoft Office platforms.
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:
- Budgeting experience preferred.
- Administrative experience preferred.
If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!