Lab Compliance Coordinator: Quality & Regulation

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 56,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine in Chicago is seeking a Compliance Coordinator for Heme/Coag/Flow/Micro to assure regulatory compliance of department activities and provide consultation on regulatory requirements in Transfusion Medicine, Pathology Laboratories, and Blood Gas labs as applicable.

The role emphasizes maintenance of quality, accreditation readiness, staff training, and development of SOPs, with strong CAP, TJC, CLSI knowledge and experience in DMAIC quality systems.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in clinical laboratory, Transfusion Medicine, or Blood Gas Laboratory.
• Knowledge of CAP and TJC Standards; IDOT, OSHA and CLIA regulations; CLSI guidelines.
• Masters Degree in related field (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains a quality management system relative to the technical evaluation and improvement of services in relation to physician and patient care requirements.
• Facilitates compliance with all federal, state, local, TJC, CAP, CLSI, and other multi-disciplinary regulations.
• Plans and facilitates departmental preparations for accreditation inspections.
• Reviews and catalogs departmental incident reports, non-conformances and critical incident reports.
• Authors and revises departmental SOPs related to compliance, quality and laboratory general policies.

Job description

Northwestern Medicine in Chicago is seeking a Compliance Coordinator for Heme/Coag/Flow/Micro to assure regulatory compliance of department activities and provide consultation on regulatory requirements in Transfusion Medicine, Pathology Laboratories, and Blood Gas labs as applicable.

The role emphasizes maintenance of quality, accreditation readiness, staff training, and development of SOPs, with strong CAP, TJC, CLSI knowledge and experience in DMAIC quality systems.