Point of Care Coordinator - Lab

Piedmont Healthcare Inc. • Fayetteville, GA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Point of Care (POC) Coordinator is responsible for coordinating, designing, evaluating and implementing Point of Care testing (testing activities outside of the main clinical laboratory). The POC coordinator provides technical and administrative oversight to ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements related to POC including personnel, technical and quality requirements. The POC coordinator collaborates with and establishes effective relationships with Nursing and other leaders to maintain effective training and competency assessment programs and to ensure on-going compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized college or university in Medical Technology or a closely related field.
• Three (3) years of clinical experience preferably in an acute care hospital setting.
• Clinical Laboratory Certification in medical technology; certification as a medical technologist or medical laboratory scientist by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), AMT (American Medical Technologists) or AAB (American Association of Bioanalysts). AAB provisional certification not accepted.

Nice To Haves

• Previous POC coordinator experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating, designing, evaluating and implementing Point of Care testing (testing activities outside of the main clinical laboratory).
• Providing technical and administrative oversight to ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements related to POC including personnel, technical and quality requirements.
• Collaborating with and establishing effective relationships with Nursing and other leaders to maintain effective training and competency assessment programs and to ensure on-going compliance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level