**Overview**

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds 48 licensed critical care beds 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center the Lauren Small Childrens Center including the areas only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Family Care Center a Level II NICU the Sarvanand Heart and Brain Center with Kern Countys first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality compassionate care since 1956. Click here to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.

**Responsibilities**

+ Provides leadership for all laboratory services in accordance with Dignity Health policies and procedures and regulatory agencies. Manages departmental directors and staff members and ensures that they adhere to quality and service standards.

+ Ensures compliance with The Joint Commission CMS and other regulatory agencies.

+ Ensures department directors standardize processes and procedures to increaser the quality and efficiency of laboratory work processes.

+ Provides guidance to departmental directors on the development of the laboratory budget for costs such as personnel equipment IT laboratory systems supplies and consumables.

**Qualifications**

**Education and Experience:**

+ Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree from an accredited college or university

+ Minimum of five (5) years of progressive Laboratory Services experience in all levels of Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science. An additional three (3) years of experience of management of a Medical Laboratory with an emphasis on business development is required.

**Licensure:**

+ American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA) or Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) or equivalent required.

**Pay Range**

$59.53 - $86.32 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.