Laboratory QA Safety Coord-BLOOD BANK - Cooper University Hospital

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Short Description

Blood Bank responsibilities of this position include:

• Coordinates quality improvement and assurance activities in the Blood Bank to ensure safe patient care, compliance with internal policies and procedures, and external (FDA, CAP/AABB, Joint Commission, FACT, NJDOH) regulatory compliance.
• In conjunction with the Medical Director and Manager develops and maintains procedure manuals, develop and implement validation protocols, internal assessments and competency assessments.
• Manages event reports and event-related corrective action, direct maintenance of event management.
• Provides a wide range of clinical data analyses to monitor Transfusion Medicine quality initiaitves.

General Lab responsibilities of this position include:

• Overseeing the policies, procedures and services of the Clinical and Anatomic Laboratory from a Quality perspective.
• Maintaining oversight that insures a Continuous Readiness environment with respect to Regulatory agency guidelines.
• Collecting and analyzing data that gauges laboratory performance.
• Analyzing processes and workflow for improvement opportunity.
• Investigating events of noncompliance and reports findings.
• Investigating internal and external complaints/concerns regarding laboratory performance.
• Overseeing the policies, procedures and services of the Clinical and Anatomic Laboratory from a safety perspective.
• Overseeing the safety training and orientation of newly hired staff and students as well as assigning annual safety competencies to all staff.

Experience Required

Blood Bank: 3-5 years of relevant experience in immunohematologic testing and Blood Bank quality systems with progressive increase in supervisory responsibilities.

General Lab: 3-5 years of relevant experience in a clinical laboratory setting with exposure to quality systems and progressive increase in supervisory responsibilities. 

Education Requirements

Must satisfy CLIA 88 qualification requirements for general supervisor who oversees testing personnel performing high complexity testing. 

Bachelor’s  degree and completion of an accredited medical technology program required.

License/Certification Requirements

Certification or eligibility as Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) or Specialist certification through American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or equivalent preferred.  Ex. SBB