Laboratory Quality Specialist, Pathology

NYU Langone; New York (NY); On-site; USD 122,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

NYU Langone Health is seeking a Laboratory Quality Specialist, Pathology to oversee proficiency testing, compile QA data, and coordinate corrective actions with staff and pathologists. The role focuses on preventing non-conformances and ensuring data accuracy across the pathology lab.

You will collaborate with QA leadership, supervisors, and medical directors on audits and quality improvement initiatives, contributing to safety and compliance across NYU Langone Health’s laboratory services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree is required.
• 2 years of laboratory experience.
• NYS technician or technologist license required.
• Excellent communication skills and proficiency with data entry, Outlook, Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Oversee proficiency testing distribution, performance review, and follow-up actions.
• Compile laboratory data for monthly QA presentations.
• Track and record non-conformances and document in PSI; communicate resolutions to relevant personnel.
• Perform follow-up audits to verify compliance with corrective actions.
• Assist with regulatory audits and special quality projects as needed.

Skills

Communication skills

Data entry

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

NYU Langone Health is a fully integrated health system that consistently achieves the best patient outcomes through a rigorous focus on quality that has resulted in some of the lowest mortality rates in the nation. Vizient Inc. has ranked NYU Langone the No. 1 comprehensive academic medical center in the country for three years in a row, and U.S. News & World Report recently placed nine of its clinical specialties among the top five in the nation. NYU Langone offers a comprehensive range of medical services with one high standard of care across 6 inpatient locations, its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and over 320 outpatient locations in the New York area and Florida. With $14.2 billion in revenue this year, the system also includes two tuition-free medical schools, in Manhattan and on Long Island, and a vast research enterprise with over $1 billion in active awards from the National Institutes of Health.

Position Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Laboratory Quality Specialist, Pathology. With guidance from the Clinical Lab leadership team and the QA Manager, will be responsible for proficiency test management and timely follow up. The individual actively compiles, monitors, and interprets quality assurance data as it relates to errors within the department. This individual is responsible for working with staff, supervisors, managers, and pathologists to facilitate problem resolution for cases with non-conformances. The individual will also tabulate and analyze quality data associated with non-conformances.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Proficiency Testing: Oversees proficiency testing distribution, performance, result review, and follow up action if necessary.
2. Data Compilation: Compiles laboratory data requested for monthly QA presentations
3. Non-conformances: Tracks and records errors, creates isolated event reports, and reports in the NYU Hospitals Center Patient Safety Reporting system (PSI). Provides timely resolution and feedback to relevant personnel for reported non-conformances.
4. Performs follow up audits to assess compliance with corrective actions as requested by Quality Manager.
5. Assist with conducting regulatory audits.
6. Special projects: Assists Administrative Director and Medical Directors as requested and assists with additional special projects as indicated by the Director, Quality Systems.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 2 years of experience in a laboratory setting.
• NYS technician or technologist license.
• Excellent communication skills and must be proficient in data entry, Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement methodology and practices.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Langone Health provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

At NYU Langone Health, we are committed to supporting our workforce and their loved ones with a comprehensive benefits and wellness package. Our offerings provide a robust support system for any stage of life, whether it's developing your career, starting a family, or saving for retirement. The support employees receive goes beyond a standard benefit offering, where employees have access to financial security benefits, a generous time-off program and employee resources groups for peer support. Additionally, all employees have access to our holistic employee wellness program, which focuses on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care. The benefits and wellness package is designed to allow you to focus on what truly matters. Join us and experience the extensive resources and services designed to enhance your overall quality of life for you and your family.

NYU Langone Health is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration.

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NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $121,792.21 - $139,214.04 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.