Laboratory Supervisor

CentraCare Rice Memorial Hospital•Willmar, MN

16h

About The Position

The Laboratory Supervisor oversees the day-to-day operations of assigned hospital or pathology laboratory section. This role ensures the consistent delivery of accurate, timely and high-quality diagnostic services while maintaining full compliance with all regulatory, accreditation, and safety standards. The Supervisor supports the Laboratory Manager by implementing system and regional goals at the site level, optimizing local workflows, and fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. The incumbent provides direct supervision to laboratory staff, including cytologists, histologists, laboratory couriers, and support personnel. Responsibilities include scheduling and workforce management, budget oversight, staff competency development and monitoring, and ongoing regulatory readiness. The Supervisor serves as a liaison between laboratory teams and physicians, pathologists, nurses, and other clinical partners, ensuring effective communication and coordination to support patient-centered care. This role also plays a critical part in employee engagement and development by mentoring staff, facilitating continuing education, ensuring quality and regulatory compliance, leading safety investigations/procedures, and supporting professional growth opportunities. The Supervisor actively models CentraCare’s mission, values, and high reliability practices in daily operations, ensuring that patients of all ages are served with safety, compassion, and excellence. By aligning site-level operations with regional objectives, the Laboratory Supervisor strengthens laboratory services as an integrated and reliable partner in advancing health and improving lives across the communities CentraCare serves. The supervisor participates in the Anatomic Pathology Laboratory and system committees as needed and serves as a trusted laboratory resource within the system, further strengthening a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous professional development.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science or Arts degree in Clinical Laboratory Science or Medical Technology from an accredited institution
BOC certified within 6 months with first exam completed within 3 months of hire, with certification verified within six weeks of exam
4 years of laboratory training or experience in the areas of service for which the laboratory supervisor
1 years of leadership experience & experience with Laboratory Information Systems
A valid Minnesota driver’s license, a driving record in good standing, and the minimum amount of insurance liability coverage may be required

Responsibilities

Oversees day-to-day operations of assigned hospital or pathology laboratory section
Ensures consistent delivery of accurate, timely and high-quality diagnostic services
Maintains full compliance with all regulatory, accreditation, and safety standards
Supports the Laboratory Manager by implementing system and regional goals at the site level
Optimizes local workflows
Fosters a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
Provides direct supervision to laboratory staff, including cytologists, histologists, laboratory couriers, and support personnel
Scheduling and workforce management
Budget oversight
Staff competency development and monitoring
Ongoing regulatory readiness
Serves as a liaison between laboratory teams and physicians, pathologists, nurses, and other clinical partners
Mentoring staff
Facilitating continuing education
Ensuring quality and regulatory compliance
Leading safety investigations/procedures
Supporting professional growth opportunities
Actively models CentraCare’s mission, values, and high reliability practices in daily operations
Participates in the Anatomic Pathology Laboratory and system committees as needed
Serves as a trusted laboratory resource within the system