Quality Assurance Coordinator POC

Intermountain Health • Riverton, NJ

2d • $39 - $60 • Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the CLIA Laboratory Director and Lab Quality Management, the Quality Assurance Coordinator supports a comprehensive QA/QM program which assures compliance with all applicable regulatory accrediting agencies and responding with any needed corrective action. This role promotes and supports the One Intermountain philosophy, developing and implementing a standard quality program. It involves oversight of document control and SOP development, review, and updates, as well as monitoring and ensuring adherence to the laboratory training and competency program. The coordinator ensures improved, system-wide integration of policies, procedures, and competencies, stays current on regulatory and compliance issues, and communicates updates and changes to laboratory leadership. Responsibilities include tracking and reporting errors, KPIs, system monitors, and metrics through auditing and implementing quality improvement tools. The role also oversees lab applications related to error management, quality assurance, and education, and supports lab leadership in proficiency testing, validations, correlations, calibrations, instrument implementation, error documentation, root cause analysis, and change control. Additionally, the coordinator supports and manages accrediting body applications/updates (e.g., CAP, CLIA, AABB, FDA), coordinates inspections, and oversees responses to deficiencies from on-site inspections.

Requirements

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in a chemical, biological or clinical laboratory/medical laboratory science. Education must be obtained through an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
• MLT/MLS(ASCP) certification or equivalent
• Three years of technical laboratory or laboratory quality assurance experience
• Computer literacy
• Communication
• Regulatory knowledge
• Laboratory Techniques and Protocols
• Documentation
• Report writing
• Working Independently
• Critical thinking
• Driving

Nice To Haves

• Certification or training with quality assurance theory and tools
• Five years of technical laboratory experience

Responsibilities

• Promotes and supports the One Intermountain philosophy.
• Developing and implementing a standard quality program.
• Oversite of document control and SOP development, review and updates.
• Monitoring and ensuring adherence to laboratory training and competency program.
• Ensuring improved, system-wide integration of policies, procedures and competencies.
• Keeping current on regulatory and compliance issues and communicating updates and changes to laboratory leadership.
• Tracking and reporting errors, KPIs, system monitors and metrics through auditing and implementing quality improvement tools.
• Oversite of lab applications related to error management, quality assurance and education.
• Supports lab leadership in proficiency testing, validations, correlations, calibrations, instrument implementation, error documentation, root cause analysis and change control.
• Supports and manages accrediting body (i.e. CAP, CLIA, AABB, FDA, etc.) applications/updates, coordinates inspections and oversees responses to deficiencies from on-site inspections.

Benefits

• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• Comprehensive benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
• PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree