Point of Care Coordinator - Nuvance Health

Description

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations, including The Heart Center, a leading provider of cardiology care.  Non-acute care is offered through various affiliates,

Summary:
Point of Care Coordinator is responsible for implementing and coordinating point-of-care patient testing throughout the hospital. This position works in cooperation with the Point of Care Training Committee (POCT) and is responsible for ensuring that all regulatory requirements are enforced, and timely and accurate test results are produced by well trained hospital staff.

Responsibilities:
1. Ensures that all point-of-care testing sites within the hospital are in compliance with the current regulatory standards. Participates in onsite inspections as needed.
2. Writes procedures in CLSI format for point-of-care tests and distributes up-to-date procedures to the appropriate testing sites.
3. Advises & assists point-of care testing contact persons by helping with initial training due to procedural changes. Assists with initial training of new POCT personnel and makes recommendations for annual assessment of testing personnel for competency.
4. Ensures that patient testing is consistent by using established reference ranges and critical values. Ensures standardization of recording and reporting of patient results.
5. Establishes a quality control program and a proficiency program for each test method used. Monitors these results for compliance, precision, accuracy, trending and shifting.
6. Reviews equipment for acceptable performance. Repairs and replaces as necessary.
7. Negotiates with sales representatives. Evaluates new product lines as needed. Performs validation studies on new instruments.
8. Attends meetings for and participates actively on POCT Committee. Reviews issues, test selection criteria and any deviation from established procedure. Makes suggestions for improvements in quality and efficiency.
9. Acts as liaison between the laboratory and nursing/patient care department.
10. Follows all policies of WCHN and the Laboratory and performs other duties as required. Maintains techncial competency where applicable.
11. Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
12. Performs other duties as assigned.

Other information:
Required: Bachelor's Degree 
Minimum Experience: five years

Desired: Medical Technologist. Knowledge of statistics. Experience in method evaluation and procedure preparation. Good interpersonal skills.

Location: Danbury-24 Hospital Ave

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours: 8.00

FTE: 0.010000

Work Schedule: Day 8

Work Shift: Monday-Friday 8 hour shifts between the hours of 6a-430p.

Org Unit: 130

Department: Lab Admin

Exempt: No

Grade: S11

Salary Range: 

$32.6400 - $65.0148 Hourly

Education:
Essential:
* Bachelor's Level Degree

Working conditions:
Essential:
* Significant manual skills / motor coord & finger dexterity
* Little or no potential for occupational risk
* Sedentary/light effort. May exert up to 10 lbs. force
* Generally pleasant working conditions.

EOE, including disability/vets.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact Human Resources at 203-739-7330 (for reasonable accommodation requests only). Please provide all information requested to assure that you are considered for current or future opportunities.