CLS / POINT OF CARE COORDINATOR

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Job description

Job Locations:
US-CA-Oceanside

Overview:
Tri-City Healthcare District has been serving the North County region for almost 60 years and remains committed to providing high quality healthcare and community services for every individual we encounter regardless of race, color, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability or socioeconomic status.

Our mission is to advance the health and wellness of the community we serve. In order to achieve our mission, we see, hear and listen to our front line healthcare workers, employees, medical staff and all community stakeholders in order to understand and meet our community's needs.

Position Summary:

This position is responsible for the technical and scientific oversite and coordination of all decentralized laboratory testing (Point of Care - POC) for the Medical Center and works closely with laboratory and non-laboratory leadership team members to ensure compliance with regulatory and accrediting agencies.

Major Position Responsibilities:

The position characteristics reflect the most important duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job in a fully competent manner. They should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. The characteristics of the position and standards of performance may be changed by TCMC with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.

Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements.

Coordinates all Point of Care activities within the Tri-City HealthCare District (includes all in house units, Home Health, and outreach clinics).

Ensures that the POC program is in compliance with all accrediting and regulatory agency standards.

Provides on-site, telephone, or electronic consultation to the clinical care areas with POC devices or tests; maintains effective communication with staff, co-workers, physicians, and other hospital personnel, outside organizations or others who provide or receive laboratory services.

Assists laboratory leadership in the selection of the test methodology that is appropriate for the clinical use of the test results.

Purchases or directs purchase of laboratory equipment and supplies; evaluates and verifies new instrumentation and procedures; ensures completion of department instrumentation maintenance and service procedures; writes and updates technical procedures and ensures that all technical procedures are reviewed in accordance to accrediting agency guidelines; monitors department inventory appropriately.

Appropriately coordinates proficiency testing in accordance with the department test menu and trained personnel.

Maintains an appropriate laboratory quality assurance program including the development of department quality performance indicators and quality control procedures, for the entire testing process (pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic).

Appropriately resolves technical problems and ensures that remedial actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications; ensures that patient test results are not reported until all corrective actions have been taken and the test system is functioning properly.

Maintains and coordinates an appropriate training and competency program in accordance with regulations of all testing personnel.

Manages POC instrument software and middleware and coordinates with laboratory information system personnel.

Acts as Laboratory Safety Officer by coordinating annual safety audit and training, oversees the annual chemical inventory review and maintains current and archived SDS, writes and updates policies and procedures in accordance with regulatory changes.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Must have a minimum of two years previous experience performing high complexity testing in the subspecialties of hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, and chemistry.

Five years of experience with increasing responsibility directly related to clinical laboratory, preferred.

Familiarity with CLIA and CDPH LFS regulations, quality control evaluation including IQCP design and implementation, proficiency testing requirements and safety requirements, preferred.

Must have excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team environment and interface frequently with nursing and laboratory management.

Ability to multitask and prioritize assignments.

Must be capable of applying excellent judgment and communication skills to the job.

Must possess moderate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word for writing and editing policies and procedures and Microsoft Excel for quality control data analysis and statistical analysis.

Education:

Meets education requirements for CLS Licensure.

Licenses:

Current California Clinical Laboratory Scientist License, required.

Each new hire candidate who is offered employment must pass a physical evaluation, urine drug screen and pre-employment background checks before starting work.

To protect the health of patients and staff, and to comply with the new State of California mandates, all job offers are contingent on the successful engagement in the TCMC COVID-19 vaccination program (fully vaccinated with documented proof or approved exception/deferral.)

TCHD is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.