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Company: MedStar Medical Group
Location: MD
Career Level: Director
Industries: Not specified

Description

General Summary of Position
The Point-Of-Care Testing Administrative Director is responsible for managing the portfolio of enterprise point of care testing. Plans, implements, and maintains policies and procedures for enterprise Point of Care Laboratory testing. Provides direction and general oversight on operational, regulatory, quality, and support services throughout multi-disciplinary laboratory sites. Assists MedStar Ambulatory services, Physician office practices, and other clients as needed with license/permit application as well as readiness for regulatory agency inspections, including state and local and/or CLIA.


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Manages the point of care testing portfolio, including approved and in-use equipment. Coordinates with local site managers or coordinators to ensure compliance with operational and regulatory activities. Maintains a central repository of information. Promotes standardization and best practices across the enterprise.
  • Works with appropriate operational teams to provide effective oversight of point of care testing across the enterprise, including hospital-based testing, urgent care, MACC, ASC, Mobile Vans, PPMP programs, and any other ambulatory clinic location as necessary. Ensures compliance with business unit policies and procedures and governmental and accreditation regulation
  • Builds and Maintains policy, procedure, training, education, competency tools, and other supporting document library. Recommends changes to equipment/policies/procedures/training. Periodically reviews internal documents and consults with appropriate medical director, quality or educator team member to determine the need for additional training or the need for new or updated procedures related to test performance and quality; and to ensure compliance in the Point of Care multi-disciplinary sites.
  • Serves as a regulatory expert and provides guidance. Monitors for regulatory changes and updates and interpret regulatory agency requirements to facilitate compliance at all sites. Assists MedStar affiliates with filing state, local, and CLIA permit forms and assists in inspection readiness plans and assessments. Communicates with medical staff and other health care providers on matters relating to Point of Care Laboratory services and regulatory compliance. Demonstrates and fosters customer relations in keeping with the organization's specific goals and standards
  • Serves as technical point of reference for all equipments. Facilitates coordinating upgrades, installations, training.
  • Provides point of care testing leadership across the organization by organizing and/or hosting multidisciplinary standing councils and workgroups (point of care workgroup; ambulatory practice council; governance council). Participates and/or leads multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams to establish standardized Point of Care testing processes. Participates and/or leads Integrated Laboratory meetings or committees as needed or appropriate. Serves as a Laboratory representative of community outreach efforts as appropriate.
  • Work closely with laboratories when responding to non-compliant point of care testing events with or without formal written regulatory citation. Creates plan to inspect a percentage of non-hospital labs per year. Creates clear post inspection report and actionable plan of action for non-compliant event reviews. Uses safety rounding data to track trends and inform action plans.
  • Develops department and service line annual goals and objectives, . Aids in the development and implementation of multi-disciplinary system initiatives related to Point of Care testing to include selection of standardized equipment and testing selection in hospital and non-hospital settings. Works closely with supply management for procurement of standardized Point of Care equipment and test kits.
  • Develops and recommends department capital and operating budget and manages resources according to approved budget.
  • Develops, implements, and monitors a quality assurance program that promotes process excellence throughout the enterprise. Uses safety rounding data to track trends and inform action plans. Acts as trainer and support for quality, safety & education team using train-the-trainer methodology.
  • Develops and contributes to the achievement of established organizational and department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality and safety standards. Ensures compliance with hospital/facility policies and procedures and governmental/accreditation regulations
  • Performs other duties as assigned

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    Minimum Qualifications
    Education

    • Bachelor's degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences required
    • Bachelor's degree in appropriate related field required
    • Master's degree in related field preferred

    Experience

    • Clinical laboratory experience required
    • Laboratory Regulatory experience required
    • Laboratory Testing Technical Oversight preferred
    • Supervisory experience preferred
    • One year of relevant professional-level work experience may be substituted for one year of required education.

    Licenses and Certifications

    • ASCP - Medical Technologist ASCP certification preferred or
    • equivalent. preferred

    Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

    • Experience with Microsoft office applications, especially Excel and data spreadsheets.
    • Strong verbal, written communication and organizational skills.
    • Ability to work independently and in a team environment
    • Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
    • Demonstrate basic knowledge of safe laboratory practices and procedures.
    • Ability to write, review, and implement lab standard operating procedures


    This position has a hiring range of $111,779 - $212,513

     


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