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Are you ready to take the next step in your laboratory career and make a meaningful impact across multiple communities? Emplify Health by Gundersen is seeking a Clinical Laboratory Supervisor - Regional Laboratories to provide leadership, mentorship, and operational oversight for our growing network of regional clinic laboratories.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced laboratory professional who is passionate about quality patient care, team development, and operational excellence. Whether you're an emerging leader or already have supervisory experience, this role offers the chance to expand your leadership skills while influencing laboratory services across three states.

This role supports laboratory teams serving communities throughout Iowa (Calmar, Decorah, Lansing), Minnesota (Harmony, Houston, La Crescent, Spring Grove), and Wisconsin (Prairie du Chien, Tomah, Viroqua).

What You'll Do:

As the Clinical Laboratory Supervisor, you'll partner with the Laboratory Manager to oversee daily operations across our regional outpatient clinic laboratories. You'll play a key leadership role in ensuring exceptional patient service, regulatory compliance, quality outcomes, and operational efficiency. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and supporting a team of Medical Laboratory Technicians (MLTs), Medical Laboratory Scientists (MLSs), and phlebotomy staff across multiple locations

• Overseeing laboratory operations, including specimen collection, specimen processing, testing, and Point-of-Care (POC) services

• Ensuring compliance with all regulatory, accreditation, quality control, and performance standards including CLIA, CAP, and Joint Commission as well as serving as the Lab Director providing directorship over multiple regional laboratories

• Promoting a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement

• Supporting staff development through competency management, ongoing education, and professional growth opportunities

• Partnering with leadership to ensure appropriate staffing, technology, equipment, and supply resources are available and effectively utilized

• Identifying opportunities to improve processes, enhance quality, reduce variation, and optimize operational performance

• Championing employee engagement initiatives and delivering an exceptional customer service experience for patients, providers, and staff

What's Available:

• Fulltime, 80 hours biweekly (1.0 FTE)

• Day shifts with no required weekends or holidays

• Primary location will be La Crosse, WI with travel required to the regional clinics typically one day a week

• Starting salary of $67,975 and up, based on your years of experience

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Medical Laboratory Technology, Medical Laboratory Science, or a related field

• Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), or Medical Technologist (MT) through the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification is required

• 2-3 years of previous/current clinical laboratory experience including training and/or experience in non-waived testing is required

• A passion for mentoring team members and driving operational excellence

• Strong communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills

• Previous supervisory, lead, or leadership experience preferred

What You'll Get:

• Unlimited potential at one of the leading health systems in the midwestern United States

• A highly adaptable and mission-driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated

• Competitive Compensation: Enjoy an attractive salary, based on your years of experience, ensuring your skills and dedication are valued and rewarded

• A comprehensive and generous benefits package (Medical, Dental, Life Ins, HSA/FSA) ensuring your comfort and well-being as a valuable team member

• Substantial retirement contribution including a 401k match & annual discretionary base contribution

• Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance to allow you the flexibility to use your time off as you need

• Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, and Career Development Center

• Other benefits include a Wellness program with incentives, employer-paid life insurance and AD&D, optional short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, pet insurance, Inspire & Celebrate colleague recognition and rewards program, a discount program, and more!

• Relocation assistance available

Make a Difference Every Day! If you're looking for an opportunity to grow as a leader, influence laboratory operations across a regional healthcare network, and help deliver exceptional patient care, we'd love to hear from you. Join Emplify Health by Gundersen and help shape the future of laboratory services in our communities.

About Us:

Emplify Health by Gundersen is a physician-led, not-for-profit healthcare system that includes a teaching hospital; community clinics; affiliate hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes; behavioral health services; vision centers; pharmacies; and air and ground ambulance services. We serve more than 500,000 residents throughout 19 counties throughout western Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and southeastern Minnesota. Our La Crosse, WI main campus is a 325-bed teaching hospital, tertiary referral center, and a Level II Trauma Center. Together, we inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning, and innovating.

If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact HR-Recruitment@gundersenhealth.org or call 608-775-0267.

We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values - belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility - our pillars set our foundation and our future.

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