Lab Quality Assurance Coordinator
Intermountain Health · West Valley City, UT · 1 mo 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.
- Develop and implement a standard quality program.
- Oversee document control and SOP development, review, and updates.
- Monitor and ensure adherence to laboratory training and competency program.
- Ensure improved, system-wide integration of policies, procedures, and competencies.
- Keep current on regulatory and compliance issues and communicate updates and changes to laboratory leadership.
- Track and report errors, KPIs, system monitors, and metrics through auditing and implement quality improvement tools.
- Oversee lab applications related to error management, quality assurance, and education.
- Support lab leadership in proficiency testing, validations, correlations, calibrations, instrument implementation, error documentation, root cause analysis, and change control.
- Support and manage accrediting body (i.e., CAP, CLIA, AABB, FDA, etc.) applications/updates, coordinate inspections, and oversee 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 from 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 to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and assess customer needs.
- Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors requiring verbal communication, hearing, and understanding spoken information and issues quickly and accurately.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy, including frequent computer use for typing and accessing information.
- For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing, and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.
Location: West Valley Clinic, West Valley City, Utah
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Pay
The hourly range for this position is $39.16 – $60.42. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.