Lis Specialist/Quality Control Monitor - Laboratory

Chrisite Clinic's laboratory department is seeking a full-time LIS Specialist/QC Monitor from Monday-Friday 8:00am-5pm at the University clinic.

Duties include the performance of technical laboratory testing in the clinic laboratory. Associate's or Bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory science is required and six months of post-training is preferred. Certification as MT/MLT/CLS/CLT by American Society of Clinical Pathologists or AMT Certification.

TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Demands include sitting, standing, walking, bending, stooping, stretching, and lifting up to 25 pounds.  Visual acuity and normal color perception is mandatory.  Hearing within, or correctable to, normal range, vision correctable to 20/20 and manual dexterity for the operation of office equipment is required.         

TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

Work is performed in a Laboratory environment with frequent exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to a clinic environment.  Requirements may include working irregular hours.

JOB DUTIES: (This list may not include all the duties assigned.)

• Orient all new staff
• Serve as the Safety Officer for the laboratory.
• Testing with Hospital Information system (EPIC), external interfaces during system changes and upgrades
• Identify and fix any issues between interfaces and the Laboratory Information system application (Softlab).
• Maintaining up-to-date documentation and necessary paperwork for all testing activities as well as change requests.
• Implementing change requests in LIS and working with our LIS contractor
• Maintaining interfaces to ensure uninterrupted communication between Epic and SoftLab.
• Instrument Interface technical support.
• Creating Reports by extracting statistics through Softlab.
• Perform Laboratory Information System related Hardware maintenance like label printers, report printers, creation of print queues, etc.
• End-user troubleshooting to make sure expedited resolution of any issues in the production environment.
• Provide Off hours and Weekend support and help co-ordinate upgrade and Go-Live events.
• Work with technical staff to validate new test builds.
• Ensure compliance with CAP for all LIS related checklist questions.
• Participate in professional development activities and maintain professional affiliations.
• Prepare, follow, and maintain laboratory procedures.
• Maintain Quality Assurance requirements for CAP
• • Annual QA report
  • Books of Evidence updates
  • yearly calculation
  • autoverification,
  • report formatting reviews
• Document and review all QA problems identified.
• Engage problem solving on issues.
• Keep data of Quality Indicators daily.
• Review and sign all CAP survey reports monthly.
• Submit CAP PT to CAP.
• CAP application for inspection every 2 years
• Sign PT attestation sheet, and review of PT reports/corrective action
• Collect data, prepare reports, answer correspondence and compile statistics for administrative and regulatory purposes.
• Pull Turnaround times.
• Record QA issues as needed (redraws, tat, etc.) and report out annually.
• Ensure that the laboratory is enrolled in an approved proficiency testing (PT) program for the testing performed.
• Ensure all proficiency testing reports received are reviewed by the appropriate staff to evaluate the laboratory’s performance and to identify any problems that require corrective action; and an approved and timely corrective action plan is followed when any proficiency testing result is found to be unacceptable or unsatisfactory.
• PT results reviewed for significant bias.
• Ensure that all Individualized Quality Control Plans (IQCP) are complete, reviewed and approved.
• Ensure that the quality control and quality management programs are established and maintained to assure the quality of laboratory services provided and to identify failures in quality as they occur. Appropriate monitors will be used for detecting problems in laboratory systems and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Review reference lab pending list at least weekly.
• Maintain instrument maintenance schedule.
• Maintain file for annual competencies for all lab team members.
• Maintain file for annual tech comparisons.
• Maintain laboratory competency to fill in as needed.
• Perform related work as required.

CERTIFICATE/LICENSE: 

• Certification as MT/MLT/CLS/CLT by American Society of Clinical Pathologists or AMT Certification

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or Associate Degree in Clinical Laboratory Science

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Six months’ experience as post training