Laboratory QA & QC Coordinator, Full-Time

Surgery Partners Careers•Addison, TX

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About The Position

The QA & QC Coordinator is responsible for the laboratory’s quality assurance and quality control monitoring, evaluation, documentation, and reporting program. The role maintains and establishes quality assessment, quality control, and proficiency testing functions and may also perform all duties and responsibilities of a Laboratory Technologist. The position requires a bachelor’s degree, Laboratory Technologist Certification, and 5–10 years of previous laboratory experience. The coordinator works with laboratory testing procedures and equipment, quality programs, regulatory requirements, documentation, staff training, and the validation and implementation of testing systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of 5–10 years of previous laboratory experience required.
Laboratory Technologist Certification required.
Working knowledge of MS Office required.
Thorough knowledge of laboratory testing procedures and equipment required.
Thorough knowledge of web browsers and their functionality required.
Thorough knowledge of laboratory proficiency testing, quality control, and quality assurance program requirements, and CLIA and FDA regulations and DNV and AABB standards required.
Ability to initiate, expand, and maintain MS Word documents required.
Ability to perform laboratory testing for the services provided required.
Ability to efficiently organize information, files, and reports in paper and electronic formats required.
Ability to work effectively with others in a collaborative environment required.
Ability to initiate, expand, and maintain MS Excel spreadsheets required.
Ability to maintain confidentiality required.
Ability to work efficiently with minimal oversight required.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment required.

Responsibilities

Maintain and establish Quality Assessment, Quality Control, and Proficiency Testing functions, including required documentation, records, and reports.
Resolve technical problems and ensure remedial actions are taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications.
Prepare quality reports, including reports for QPC meetings.
Oversee and perform method validation and calibration verification studies as needed.
Analyze and respond to client complaints, unusual incident reports, and Risk Management inquiries.
Assist with reviewing policies and procedures and perform literature searches as needed to address regulatory agency requirements and manufacturers’ recommendations.
Assist with training testing personnel and monitoring competency in pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phases; identify remedial training or continuing education needs.
Assist with verification of test procedures and establishment of test performance characteristics, including precision and accuracy for each test and test system.
Assist with coordinating validation and implementation of new testing systems, equipment, supplies, reagents, and instrumentation.
Perform other assigned duties, including all duties and responsibilities of a Laboratory Technologist.