Supervisor Point of Care Testing

Montefiore New Rochelle; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Montefiore Medical Center's Point of Care Testing division seeks a Supervisor to manage the POC program across sites within the health system. You will oversee testing procedures, regulatory compliance, documentation, and staff training for glucose, urine analyses, rapid tests, and related assays.

Responsibilities include developing QC processes, coordinating site visits, and implementing PT programs while ensuring NCCLS, NYS, and CLIA guidelines are followed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required for lab leadership.
• Medical Lab Technologist training and licensure required by NYS.
• 4 years bench experience, or 2 years with a Master's, to qualify as supervisor.
• Familiarity with Point of Care Testing instrumentation required.

Responsibilities

• Set up documentation for point of care testing for current and new sites per NCCLS guidelines.
• Establish licensing criteria and staff certification programs; develop online testing programs as a partner of e-learning.
• Track personnel and site training; schedule annual reviews of training and certification.

Skills

POC testing

LIS knowledge

Microsoft Office

Troubleshooting devices

Education

Bachelor's degree

Medical Lab Technologist training

Tools

POC devices

Laboratory Information Systems

Job description

## Supervisor Point of Care TestingApplylocations: 111 East 210th Streettime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR231583**City/State:**Bronx, New York**Grant Funded:**No**Department:**Path - Point Of Care Testing**Work Shift:**Day**Work Days:**MON-FRI**Scheduled Hours:**8:30 AM-5 PM**Scheduled Daily Hours:**7.5 HOURS**Pay Range:**$120,000.00-$150,000.00Montefiore Medical Center's Division of Clinical Pathology is responsible for the laboratory testing of blood, urine, and body fluids for disease diagnosis and health maintenance. Utilizing the latest advances in computer technology, the Division maintains millions of dollars of state-of-the-art automated equipment at its laboratory sites and services hospitals, nursing homes, the Montefiore Medical Group, faculty practices, and voluntary physicians' offices at more than 40 sites.The Supervisor will supervise Point of Care testing according to regulatory criteria. Direct the operations of the Point of Care Testing program for the Montefiore Health System. Maintain and monitor tests including glucose, urine analysis, urine pregnancy, occult blood, rapid strep and other using JCAHO, NYS and CLIA guidelines. Oversee regulatory compliance for outpatient and in patient sites.**Essential Functions*** Set up documentation for point of care testing for each current and new site per NCCLS guidelines.* Establish criteria for licensing and performance testing of staff (Certification Program) and develop on-line testing program as partner of e-learning* Track personnel and site involved in training, schedule annual reviews of training and certification process* Travel to sites for training and review of point of care records* Develop and implement necessary accessioning and QC program for each POC test* Track monthly compliance with program for each site* Take corrective actions with non-compliant individuals through appropriate channels* Develop PT programs where they do not commercially exist* Comparative analysis of POC devices prior to implementing new devices**Qualifications:*** Bachelor's Degree required* Medical Lab Technologist training required* NYS Clinical Laboratory Technologist license required* 4 years of bench experience (or 2 years’ experience with a Master’s degree) to qualify as a supervisor* Familiarity with Point of Care Testing instrumentation required* Knowledge of laboratory information systems required* Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required* Knowledge of trouble shooting devices and root cause analysis when issues are identifiedThe position is located in the Point of Care Testing lab at the Moses campus. The hours are Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm and will be on call on some weekends.