Point-of-Care Testing Specialist

Karmanos Cancer Institute; Mount Clemens, Northern (MI, KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is seeking a Point of Care Technical Consultant to provide technical and scientific oversight for POCT in non-laboratory areas. The role ensures regulatory-compliant testing, coordinates instrument selection and implementation, and supports on-site consultation with physicians and nursing staff.

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in clinical laboratory science with at least two years of non-waived testing experience and completed clinical internships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, biological, clinical or medical laboratory science, or medical technology from an accredited institution, with at least two years of training and/or experience in non-waived testing.
• For moderate complexity blood gas testing only, qualify with a bachelor’s degree of higher as listed above.
• Completion of clinical internship.

Responsibilities

• Acts as liaison between laboratory and non-laboratory units and physicians regarding training, certification and ongoing POCT performance.
• Collaborates with laboratory, nursing and physician staff to facilitate positive patient outcomes.
• Monitors reports such as pending logs, critical value and correction reports.
• Verifies that manually reported results are accurate and that questionable testing is appropriate.
• Maintains software for each POCT type and ensures connectivity; validates software revisions as needed.
• Documents and/or perform quality control, troubleshooting, calibration and maintenance checks as outlined for each test type; conducts verification tests on new products.

Skills

POCT liaison

Quality control

Troubleshooting

Calibration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in clinical lab science or related field

Clinical internship completion

Tools

Instrument software

POCT connectivity tools

Job description

McLaren Health Care is seeking a Point of Care Technical Consultant to provide technical and scientific oversight for POCT in non-laboratory areas. The role ensures regulatory-compliant testing, coordinates instrument selection and implementation, and supports on-site consultation with physicians and nursing staff.

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in clinical laboratory science with at least two years of non-waived testing experience and completed clinical internships.