Point of Care Team Lead - Offsite Locations

Job Summary

Coordinates the technical activities of point of care areas at offsite locations. Development and review of policies, and ensures end-users of point of care devises maintain current competency for laboratory techniques, procedures, and equipment operation. Oversee quality control program to ensure high quality diagnostic testing and all point of care activities comply with organization and regulatory agency standards.

Job Responsibilities

• Communicate with all customers in a positive, professional, and courteous manner. Cooperates with Lab Assistants, Nursing, Physician Office Staff and Supervisory Staff to facilitate accurate test ordering, specimen integrity, and timely results reporting. 


• Adhere to the laboratory quality control policies and procedures, perform appropriate daily quality control, troubleshoot, and initiate resolution to quality control problems, and document all quality control activities 


• Perform instrument maintenance according to established schedule and document maintenance activities 


• Correlate data and monitor test performance and results for reasonableness. Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications, including clinician notification and instrument troubleshooting 


• Coordinate proficiency testing events according to standard operating procedures as applicable


• Assists in maintaining adequate supply inventory and follows laboratory policies and procedures on optimal supply use and storage requirements 


• Use personal protective equipment in accordance with hospital and laboratory policies 


• Sensitive to the needs, feelings and capabilities of others. Approaches others in a non-threatening and pleasant manner and treats everyone with respect. Fulfills commitments to team members. Demonstrates behaviors listed in the Standards of Excellence. 


• Comply with all applicable policies and procedures, including, but not limited to: all departmental and functional policies and procedures, maintaining acceptable attendance records, arriving for duty punctually and leaving on time, safety and waste disposal, and following dress code. 


• Perform other duties as assigned.


• Point of Care Duties
  
  
  
  • Maintain Procedure Review and Revisions in Policy Tech
  
  
  • College of American Pathologist inspection checklist review
  
  
  • Plan and implement POC testing Quality Schedule
  
  
  • Maintain adequate Reagent Inventory for POC testing
  
  
  • Collect Quality Assurance data for POC testing
  
  
  • Result Review of patient results on routine basis
  
  
  • Monthly or as needed review of Quality data
  
  
  • Competency Management for POCT end-users for all current instrumentation and kits as required
  
  
  • Devise maintenance and repair; Assist end users with instrument or kit troubleshooting; work with Technical Support to request repairs and assist with device/hardware updates as needed
  
  
  • Data Manager monitoring and updates; report issues with data manager; assist during downtimes and recovery; assist with updates as needed
  
  
  • Performs validation and verification studies for implementation of new methods and equipment
  
  
  • Works with vendors on new test creation and interface changes for new tests and updates/system upgrades
  
  
  
  

Education Requirements

Minimum: Bachelors degree in medical technology, or chemical, plysical or biological science from an accredited institution and have at least four years of laboratory training or experience, or both, in high complexity testing within the specialty with a minimum of six months experience in high complexity testing within the subspecialty. Must be ASCP registered or equivalent. Must meet requirements for Technical Consultant under CLIA 1988.

Preferred: Bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory science, medical technology or chemical, physical or biological science and ten years of laboratory training or experience, or both, in high complexity testing within the specialty with a minimum of six months experience in high complexity testing within the subspecialty. Must be MT (ASCP) registered.

Experience Requirements

Minimum: 2 years testing experience in hospital laboratory setting. Laboratory testing. General or specific experience in Chemistry, Hematology, Blood Bank, Coagulation, Microbiology, Serology and/or Urinalysis.

Preferred: 5 years' experience in implementation of analyzers, quality control program development and management, statistical analysis of data, RALS data management system or similar, and point of care testing.

License/Certification Requirements

Minimum: ASCP or equivalent