Associate Medical Director

at Quest Diagnostics Inc in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Associate Medical Director, Schaumburg, IL

Recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Quest Diagnostics (www.QuestDiagnostics.com) is the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services that doctors and patients need to make better healthcare decisions. We are pioneers in developing innovative diagnostic tests and advanced healthcare information technology solutions that help improve patient care.

With corporate headquarters in Secaucus, NJ, Quest Diagnostics is a Fortune 500 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: DGX) and included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, with 2023 revenues of $9.25 billion.

The Role
The Associate Medical Director acting under the leadership of the Medical Director and in collaboration with the Laboratory leadership is responsible for providing mainly anatomic leadership and some clinical consultation to the clinical laboratory within her/his area(s) of expertise. This role assumes the Clinical Consultant or Technical Supervisor responsibilities as assigned/delegated by Laboratory Director. This role has approximately 70% case sign-out time and 30% management time. This position is in Schaumburg facility reported directly to the local Medical Director in Wood Dale facility. The pathologists report directly to this Associate Medical Director.

Utilize laboratory procedures, diagnoses from body tissue, fluids, secretions, and other specimens, identifying the presence and stage of diseases.
Reviews, interprets, and documents clinical test results within established turnaround times.
Covers the service for the Wood Dale Medical Director in his absence.
Advises Quest senior management staff of trends and actions that must be incorporated into business and strategic planning.
Provides leadership to operational staff and pathologists.
Provide educational programs for the medical and laboratory staff and participates in educational programs of the Company.
Honors requests for consultations from clinicians regarding the appropriateness and interpretation of laboratory tests. Due to the importance of quality patient care, servicing consultation requests of all types is considered imperative.
Collaborates in reviewing test method selection and validation.
Collaborates in ensuring that the proficiency testing program is conducted in a timely manner, reviewed by appropriate staff, and approve of corrective action when a proficiency testing result is found to be unsatisfactory.
Collaborates in monitoring quality control to ensure that acceptable levels of analytical performance are maintained for each test system. Ensure that patient test results are reported only when the system is functioning properly.
Collaborates in corrective action and preventative action plans and procedures.
Collaborates, as appropriate, in Job Assignments and Authorization Matrix (JAAM) and annual Performance and Development Review (PDR) to ensure that all personnel have the appropriate training and demonstrated performance for the type of testing offered.
Collaborates in the annual review of Standard Operating Procedures for test systems.
Collaborates in reviews of report format for appropriateness of clinical information communicated in areas of assigned expertise. Collaborates in review of interpretative reporting comments as needed.
Lab Management
Member of appropriate Subspecialty Team(s). Attendance at regular Subspecialty Team meeting and other senior laboratory management staff meetings. Participates in all significant scientific, business and policy decisions impacting the clinical utility and quality of testing services.
Interacts with Academic Associates in areas of assigned expertise to develop new strategies and testing methods.
Interacts with Clinical Correlations staff. Reviews potential reference ranges for all new analytes in areas of assigned expertise. Collaborates in review of reference range memoranda for appropriate tests.
Interacts with both internal (Client Services, Lab Services, Sales and Marketing) and external clients to facilitate and foster increased transfer of information related to medicine and science at Quest Diagnostics. Works closely with Sales staff throughout Quest Diagnostics to provide appropriate medical scientific support as required.
Attendance at National meetings in areas of assigned expertise to maintain/build knowledge and to provide... For full info follow application link.

Quest Diagnostics is an equal employment opportunity employer. Our policy is to recruit, hire and promote qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other status protected by state or local law. Quest Diagnostics observes minimum age requirements established by federal, state and/or local laws, and will ask an applicant for verification when deemed necessary.