Program Director - Pathology Quality & Regulatory

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. 

As a successful candidate, you will: 

• Lead the development, administration, and continuous improvement of the Clinical Laboratory Scientist Training Program and Clinical Laboratory Safety Program, ensuring compliance with all regulatory and accreditation requirements.
• Drive accreditation readiness and regulatory compliance by serving as the primary liaison with state, accrediting, and educational agencies, while maintaining training and safety policies and procedures.
• Design and implement innovative educational programs, curricula, trainee selection processes, and learning experiences that support student success, retention, and workforce development.
• Serve as the department’s Education Officer and Safety Officer, leading committees, promoting a culture of safety, and ensuring compliance with laboratory safety standards and best practices.
• Mentor, advise, and support students and trainees through orientation, scheduling, professional development, exam preparation, and program evaluation initiatives.
• Oversee program operations, budgets, resources, and personnel, while fostering collaborative partnerships across departments to advance educational, accreditation, and safety objectives.

Your qualifications should include: 

• Master’s Degree in Sciences, Healthcare, Education or Business Administration with 5+ years of clinical experience as a scientist/technologist in a certified laboratory; OR Bachelor of Science degree with 7+ years of clinical experience as a scientist/technologist in a certified laboratory

• Minimum required by education above plus 3 years of teaching experience

• California license as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist – CLS  

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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