Director of Clinical Laboratory

Overview

Director of Clinical Laboratory | Clinical Laboratory Scientist Leadership

Olympia Fields Hospital | Olympia Fields, ILFull-Time | ExemptStarting Annual Salary: $85,280.00 – $123,510.00

Lead Laboratory Excellence. Drive Quality. Advance Patient Care.

Olympia Fields Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, is seeking an experienced and visionary Clinical Laboratory Director to provide strategic and operational leadership for our laboratory services department. This is an outstanding opportunity for a laboratory leader who is passionate about quality, regulatory excellence, team development, and delivering timely, accurate diagnostic services that support exceptional patient outcomes.

About Olympia Fields Hospital

Olympia Fields Hospital is committed to providing high-quality, compassionate healthcare to the communities we serve. Our dedicated team of physicians, nurses, clinical professionals, and support staff work collaboratively to deliver exceptional patient-centered care in a culture focused on service excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

As a Clinical Laboratory Director, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for all laboratory services, ensuring regulatory compliance, quality excellence, efficient operations, and the delivery of accurate, timely diagnostic testing that supports exceptional patient care.

Provide strategic and operational leadership for all laboratory services, overseeing administrative, financial, technical, quality, compliance, and personnel functions.

Ensure compliance with CLIA, CAP, Joint Commission, ACHC, state, federal, and organizational regulatory requirements.

Lead quality assurance, quality improvement, accreditation readiness, and performance initiatives to drive operational excellence.

Direct departmental budgeting, staffing, resource allocation, supply chain management, and laboratory information systems to support efficient operations.

Collaborate with site leadership and Corporate Laboratory Operations to standardize policies, procedures, equipment, instrumentation, forms, and best practices across the health system.

Monitor and achieve laboratory performance goals, ensuring departments meet or exceed established financial, quality, service, and operational KPIs.

Support laboratory operations through hands-on involvement as needed, while leading special projects and strategic initiatives within established timelines.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science degree in a scientific field to meet requirements of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) required.

Possession of a valid license or certificate of Clinical Laboratory Scientist or Medical Technologist or Medical Laboratory Scientist, ASCP or equivalent preferred.

Minimum 5 years supervisory clinical laboratory experience required.

General Accounting and statistics and financial operating experience

Quality Control and quality tools management courses desired.

LEAN Six Sigma certification preferred.

Master’s Degree preferred.

The Leader Who Will Thrive Here

You are a collaborative, results-driven healthcare leader who is passionate about laboratory excellence, regulatory compliance, and delivering high-quality diagnostic services that support exceptional patient outcomes. You thrive in environments where quality, accuracy, service, and teamwork are essential to organizational success.

You understand that successful laboratory leadership requires more than managing daily operations. It requires strategic planning, strong regulatory knowledge, operational discipline, and a commitment to developing high-performing teams while ensuring laboratories operate at the highest standards of quality and safety.

You enjoy partnering with physicians, hospital leadership, and clinical teams to advance laboratory services, improve performance, and support the evolving healthcare needs of the community.

Why Olympia Fields Hospital?

At Olympia Fields Hospital, you'll have the opportunity to lead a vital clinical service that directly impacts patient diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. You will collaborate closely with hospital leadership, physicians, and laboratory professionals while helping shape the future of laboratory services within a growing healthcare organization.

Olympia Fields Hospital is committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate care to the communities we serve. As a member of Prime Healthcare, the hospital is supported by the resources of Prime Healthcare, stability, and opportunities of a nationally recognized, award-winning health system.

If you're ready to bring your laboratory leadership expertise to an organization where you can drive quality, strengthen operations, support clinical excellence, and make a meaningful impact on patient care, we encourage you to apply.

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Pay Transparency

Olympia Fields Hospital offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options. A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $85,280 to $123,510 on an annualized basis. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

The company is dedicated to empowering its staff with a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, allowing them the freedom to customize their benefits to fit their unique needs. Our abundant resources, programs, and voluntary options serve as a foundation for individual growth and well-being. Learn more here: https://www.primehealthcare.com/benefitsthatmattermost/

Employment Status Full Time

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf