London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is a world-class academic health sciences centre located in the southwestern Ontario city of London. Just two hours from Toronto and two hours from Detroit, London features a beautiful and walkable downtown core located on the Thames River, a vibrant culinary scene and scores of activities that highlight local arts, culture and music. As one of Canada?s largest acute-care teaching hospitals, LHSC delivers world-class care and experiences, built on our commitment to excellence in research, innovation, and learning. In partnership with our communities, we design and advance healthcare to support he wellness of the populations we serve. LHSC delivers both local and regional services, including the Children?s Hospital, within a large geographic area. LHSC is known for its great people and great care, with a workforce of close to 15,000, dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care while partnering with communities to transform health, one life at a time.
In the spirit of innovation and collaboration, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine provides the health care system with appropriate and comprehensive diagnostic, therapeutic and consultative services of the highest quality. This role is accountable to overseeing Victoria Hospital?s Core Laboratory and Flow Cytometry Laboratory. These labs also work in partnership with other laboratories at LHSC to provide complete investigational results to the clinicians.
The Core Laboratories are located at all 3 sites across the city (Victoria Hospital, University Hospital, St. Joseph?s Hospital). These automated labs perform thousands of tests each day in hematology, coagulation, chemistry and immunochemistry. The Core Labs provide initial, rapid, ground testing and screening for all the hospital service areas and provide technical expertise and support to smaller laboratories in the community.
The Flow Cytometry Laboratory provides essential clinical and research support to LHSC as well as to numerous community and regional organizations. As one of the largest flow cytometry labs in the province, our specialized team delivers accurate results and expert interpretations that are critical for the treatment and monitoring of patients.
November 13 - November 26, 2024
Reporting to the Manager, Core Labs, Transfusion Medicine, Flow Cytometry & Transplant Immunology, the Coordinator, Core Lab (VH) and Flow Cytometry is accountable for day-to-day department activities, including the management of human and material resources, day-to-day staffing and scheduling, development and support of a healthy workplace, risk and utilization measurements, and facilitation of improvement initiatives and change management, while operating within approved operational budgets and financial guidelines and controls. A major focus of the role is fostering effective working relationships and networks within the team/unit and with other teams across the organization.
NOTE: this role is required to be on-call for any emergent issues that present outside of regular work hours
Who You Are
- You are self-aware of own assumptions, values, principles, strengths and limitations
- You manage and develop self while modeling qualities such as honesty, integrity, resilience, and confidence
- You engage and support others to foster development, personal goals and encourage a healthy organization
- You achieve results by strategically aligning direction, decisions, actions and evaluation with the vision, values and evidence
- You facilitate an environment of collaboration and cooperation
- You create connections, build partnerships and networks
- You demonstrate a commitment to the organizational vision, mission, values and service excellence
- You are a transformational thinker that encourages and supports innovation
- You have exceptional analytical skills that contribute to effective decision-making
- You are self-directed, courageous, and highly motivated with excellent interpersonal and effective communication skills
What Skills Are Needed
- Planning and executing action plans that deliver results and motivate individuals for greater performance excellence
- Strong business acumen
- Values-based leadership and a proven track record for developing and sustaining healthy work environments and effective teams while leading in a performance-driven culture
- Lead and drive system transformation
- Develop self and others through teaching, coaching, mentoring and formal development processes
- Strong analytical skills that contribute to effective problem solving and decision-making
What You Will Bring with You
- Successful completion of an Advanced Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology and/or a Bachelor?s degree in a related field
- Current registration with the College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario preferred
- Related post-graduate education preferred
- Minimum two (2) years? experience in progressively more responsible leadership roles in a healthcare environment, preferably in an acute care academic teaching hospital preferred
- Minimum three (3) years? experience in laboratory medicine preferred
- Fluent and computer literate with computer systems such as email and Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
- Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis
London Health Sciences Centre fosters a culture of patient and staff safety whereby all employees are guided by LHSC's Mission, Vision, Values and Code of Conduct.
LHSC is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace, and welcomes applications from women, visible minorities, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. We are committed to providing persons with disabilities equal opportunities and standards of goods and services, and are also fully compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005), as applicable.
Submission Requirements (please submit in one MS Word, or PDF(preferred), document): Cover Letter, Resume and Listing of Education, Credentials and Certifications
Please be advised that reference checks may be conducted as part of the selection process.
Successful candidates will be required to complete a health review which includes providing vaccination records or proof of immunity against Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Tetanus/Diphtheria/Polio; Meningitis. In addition, candidates will need to provide documentation of Tuberculosis Skin testing and a completed COVID vaccine series (two vaccines).
Successful candidates, as a condition of job offer, would be required to provide a satisfactory police information check (original document) completed in the last 3 months.
Your interest in this opportunity is appreciated. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.