Advanced Medical Lab Scientist

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 112,210,000 - 173,129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits eligible

Generous benefits package

Job summary

Intermountain Healthcare Inc. Rainbow Clinic in Las Vegas, NV is seeking a Quality Assurance Coordinator to support a comprehensive QA/QM program and coordinate corrective actions. This full-time role reports to the CLIA Laboratory Director and Lab Quality Management.

Responsibilities include developing quality programs, document control, SOP updates, training/competency monitoring, and tracking KPIs. You will support accreditation activities and regulatory compliance across the laboratory

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in chemical/biological/clinical lab science from an accredited program.
• MLT/MLS(ASCP) certification or equivalent.
• Three years of technical laboratory or laboratory quality assurance experience.
• Nevada General Supervisor License required.

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.

Skills

Computer literacy

Communication

Regulatory knowledge

Laboratory Techniques and Protocols

Documentation

Report writing

Working Independently

Critical thinking

Driving

Education

Associate or Bachelor's degree in chemical/biological/clinical lab science

MLT/MLS(ASCP) certification or equivalent

Three years of technical lab or lab QA experience

Nevada General Supervisor License

Job description

Rainbow Clinic

Full time

R185741

Job Description

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.

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Job Specifics

• Benefits (https://intermountainbenefits.com/) Eligible: Yes
• Shift Details: Monday-Friday, Days

Essential Functions

• 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.

Skills

• Computer literacy
• Communication
• Regulatory knowledge
• Laboratory Techniques and Protocols
• Documentation
• Report writing
• Working Independently
• Critical thinking
• Driving

Minimum Qualifications

• 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
• Nevada General Supervisor License required

Preferred Qualifications

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

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location

Rainbow Clinic

Work City

Las Vegas

Work State

Nevada

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$39.16 - $60.42

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Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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The primary intent of this job description is to set a fair and equitable rate of pay for this classification. Only those key duties necessary for proper job evaluation and/or labor market analysis have been included. Other duties may be assigned by the supervisor.

All positions subject to close without notice.

Headquartered in Utah with locations in six primary states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 34 hospitals, 400+ clinics, a medical group of more than 4,800 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plan division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery.

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