Texas Children's Hospital · 9 hours ago
Pathology Quality Assurance Coordinator
The Woodlands, TX, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expTexas Children's Hospital is seeking a Pathology Quality Assurance Coordinator in The Woodlands, TX. The role involves conducting proficiency testing, administering quality assurance programs, facilitating process improvement projects, and maintaining laboratory accreditation processes.
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Responsibilities
Conducts Proficiency Testing Program
Maintains a proficiency testing plan that includes: annual order of proficiency testing samples, a process for how surveys are handled, a schedule of the ship dates of the surveys and, shipping notifications, and assignment of surveys to staff
Ensures that results are submitted by the deadline
Reviews proficiency testing results and responds to unsatisfactory results. Ensures corrective action, including staff retraining, is implemented as needed based on the investigation findings
Generates quarterly Proficiency Testing reports
Administers the Quality Assurance programs
Reviews tech logs and completed worksheets daily, identifies reporting errors and ensures that quality controls were performed as needed. Corrects results as needed and provides feedback to technicians
Reviews Laboratory quality control logs monthly; identifies outliers and implements corrective actions; provides feedback as needed; creates and distributes monthly reports as applicable; documents all findings and corrective actions
Maintains QA calendar to ensure required QA actives are performed per policy. Reviews validation/calibration/QC reports as applicable
Reviews and analyzes the quality indicator scorecards monthly. Presents data at quality, operations, or hospital quality meetings as applicable. Ensures implementation of the associated action plans and monitors for effectiveness
Maintains quality assurance policies and procedures f. Attends meetings; participates on work teams for new process improvement initiatives or projects as needed
Facilitates Process Improvement (PI) Projects
Set monthly meetings with the lab team as applicable
Assist with setting the agenda for the meeting; compile quality assurance data to be reviewed
Ensure to follow the DMAI2C (define, measure, analyze, improve, innovate and control) process improvement methodology
Ensures thorough meeting minutes are documented
Facilitate other team member has the opportunity to contribute to the project
Maintain project worksheet until the end of the project
Gather data and create reports for analysis; obtain current state and future state reports
Maintain performance improvement (PI) database and track performance
Assists staff with preparing and delivering the presentation to leadership team
Coordinate implementation with process owners and managers
Post results on the Balanced Scoreboard-Connect site
Maintains Laboratory Accreditation Processes
Maintains CAP (College of American Pathologist) checklist spreadsheets to ensure compliance to CAP standards. Keeps abreast of regulatory requirements and develop plans to maintain compliance
Conducts Regulatory Readiness Process’; coordinate tracer audits, collate data and produce reports, recommend corrective actions and assist in the implementation, monitors outcomes to ensure regulatory compliance
Conducts CAP self-inspection process, documents deficiencies and ensures implementation of appropriate corrective actions
Provides support to on-site CAP inspectors. Assists with timely submission of response to cited deficiencies
Serves as a QA contact person for CAP
Conducts CLIA/CAP Certification
Is engaged in other regulatory/accreditation processes as applicable (i.e. AABB, FDA, JC etc.)
Works closely with the Laboratory Director and Leadership to ensure consistency in Laboratory policies and procedures. Coordinates the Laboratory Document Control System: provides user training and support, performs monthly back-ups, manages the department structures within the application, generates and reviews compliance reports as applicable
Coordinates the Laboratory competency assessment program
Coordinates lab product recall notices and ensures timely completion of responses to recall alerts
Maintain safety policy and procedures
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory science, health administration, biology, or a related science field
36 months of laboratory setting experience
Experience with equipment used in the following settings: blood bank, chemistry, hematology, microbiology, and virology
Experience with carrying out analysis of laboratory data to track trends
Certification as a Medical Technologist (MT) by ASCP, NCA, AMT, or CLS
Certification as a Medical Lab Scientist (MLS) by ASCP
Certification as a Clinical Lab Specialist (CLS) by NCA
Certification in Molecular Biology (MB), Molecular Pathology (MP), Blood Banking (BB), Chemistry (C), Hematology (H), or Microbiology (M) by ASCP
Valid Medical Technologist license from any state
Company
Texas Children's Hospital
Texas Children’s Hospital is a world-class pediatric facility, nationally recognized as a top children’s hospital.
10001+ employees
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