Laboratory Compliance & Quality Assurance Lead

Northwestern Medicine; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Compliance Coordinator to uphold the organization’s ethics and regulatory standards across transfusion medicine, pathology, and related laboratories. You will collaborate with Medical Directors and lab managers to ensure regulatory compliance and provide consultative support to departments.

The role emphasizes maintaining quality through accreditation readiness, incident tracking, and staff training, with emphasis on CAP, TJC, and CLSI guidelines.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of CAP and TJC Standards; IDOT, OSHA and CLIA regulations.
• Knowledge of AABB standard and FDA regulations (applies to Blood Bank).
• Ability to develop, implement and monitor quality systems and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains a quality management system for physician and patient care requirements.
• Facilitates compliance with federal, state, local, TJC, CAP, CLSI regulations and hospital policies.
• Plans and prepares for accreditation inspections and related policy reviews.
• Reviews incident reports and prepares tracking and reporting of quality issues.
• Provides training to staff on quality, compliance and safety issues.
• Authors and revises departmental SOPs related to compliance and safety.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Quality management

Documentation

Training

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Compliance Coordinator to uphold the organization’s ethics and regulatory standards across transfusion medicine, pathology, and related laboratories. You will collaborate with Medical Directors and lab managers to ensure regulatory compliance and provide consultative support to departments.

The role emphasizes maintaining quality through accreditation readiness, incident tracking, and staff training, with emphasis on CAP, TJC, and CLSI guidelines.