Lab Quality Assurance Coordinator
Intermountain Health · Provo, UT · 4 wk ago
On-siteQuality Assurance$39.16–$60.42/hrFull-time
About the role
Under the direction of the CLIA Laboratory Director and Lab Quality Management, the Quality Assurance Coordinator supports a comprehensive QA/QM program which assures compliance with all applicable regulatory accrediting agencies and responding with any needed corrective action.
Responsibilities
- Promotes and supports the One Intermountain philosophy.
- Developing and implementing a standard quality program.
- Oversight of document control and SOP development, review and updates.
- Monitoring and ensuring adherence to laboratory training and competency program.
- Ensuring improved, system-wide integration of policies, procedures and competencies.
- Keeping current on regulatory and compliance issues and communicating updates and changes to laboratory leadership.
- Tracking and reporting errors, KPIs, system monitors and metrics through auditing and implementing quality improvement tools.
- Oversight of lab applications related to error management, quality assurance and education.
- Supports lab leadership in proficiency testing, validations, correlations, calibrations, instrument implementation, error documentation, root cause analysis and change control.
- Supports and manages accrediting body (i.e. CAP, CLIA, AABB, FDA, etc.) applications/updates, coordinates inspections and oversees responses to deficiencies from on-site inspections.
Skills
- Computer literacy
- Communication
- Regulatory knowledge
- Laboratory Techniques and Protocols
- Documentation
- Report writing
- Working Independently
- Critical thinking
- Driving
Minimum Qualifications
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in a chemical, biological or clinical laboratory/medical laboratory science. Education must be obtained through an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
- MLT/MLS(ASCP) certification or equivalent
- Three years of technical laboratory or laboratory quality assurance experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Certification or training with quality assurance theory and tools
- Five years of technical laboratory experience
Physical Requirements
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
- Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
- For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.
Pay
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $39.16 - $60.42
Schedule
Shift Details: Day Shift
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Benefits
Benefits Eligible: Yes. Intermountain provides a generous benefits package covering a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
Location: Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, Utah