Supervisor Point of Care Testing

About the role

The Supervisor will supervise Point of Care testing according to regulatory criteria. Direct the operations of the Point of Care Testing program for the Montefiore Health System. Maintain and monitor tests including glucose, urine analysis, urine pregnancy, occult blood, rapid strep and other using JCAHO, NYS and CLIA guidelines. Oversee regulatory compliance for outpatient and inpatient sites.

Responsibilities

• Set up documentation for point of care testing for each current and new site per NCCLS guidelines.
• Establish criteria for licensing and performance testing of staff (Certification Program) and develop on-line testing program as partner of e-learning.
• Track personnel and site involved in training, schedule annual reviews of training and certification process.
• Travel to sites for training and review of point of care records.
• Develop and implement necessary accessioning and QC program for each POC test.
• Track monthly compliance with program for each site.
• Take corrective actions with non-compliant individuals through appropriate channels.
• Develop PT programs where they do not commercially exist.
• Comparative analysis of POC devices prior to implementing new devices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Medical Lab Technologist training required.
• NYS Clinical Laboratory Technologist license required.
• 4 years of bench experience (or 2 years’ experience with a Master’s degree) to qualify as a supervisor.
• Familiarity with Point of Care Testing instrumentation required.
• Knowledge of laboratory information systems required.
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required.
• Knowledge of trouble shooting devices and root cause analysis when issues are identified.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Medical Lab Technologist training required.
• NYS Clinical Laboratory Technologist license required.
• 4 years of bench experience (or 2 years’ experience with a Master’s degree) to qualify as a supervisor.
• Familiarity with Point of Care Testing instrumentation required.
• Knowledge of laboratory information systems required.
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required.
• Knowledge of trouble shooting devices and root cause analysis when issues are identified.

Skills

• Point of Care Testing instrumentation.
• Laboratory information systems.
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Problem-solving and root cause analysis.

Benefits

• No benefits provided.

Pay

$120,000.00 - $150,000.00 annually.

Schedule

Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm with some weekend on-call responsibilities.