• Coord Laboratory Point Care

    HCA Healthcare (Live Oak, TX)


    Description

    Methodist Hospital Northeast

     

    Point-Of-Care-Lab Coordinator

     

    Laboratory Department

     

    Full Time - Non-Exempt

     

    Day Shift

     

    Do you have a passion for healthcare and helping others? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced, patient-centered environment? Jump-start your career in our Laboratory Department. Submit your application today!

    Benefits:

    We offer you an excellent total compensation package, including competitive salary, excellent benefit package and growth opportunities. We believe in our team and your ability to do excellent work with us. Your benefits include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability, tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program, and student loan repayment. We would love to talk to you about this fantastic opportunity.

     

    Point of Care Lab Coordinator oversees point-of-care testing activities and ensures that quality standards and regulatory compliance, as specified by College of American Pathologists (CAP), Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA), and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and (National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS), are achieved.

    In this role, Lab Coordinator:

    Reconciles instrument databases with patient records.

     

    + Reviews records, identifies problems, makes corrections, and communicates errors to co-workers and nursing staff.

    + Monitors changes in regulations that effect hospital point-of-care testing and assures compliance with standards set forth by accrediting agencies: CAP, CLIA, JCAHO and NCCLS.

    + Functions as project manager in developing and directing the point-of-care testing.

    + Understands, performs, develops procedures and monitors quality control and quality assurance.

    + Anticipates new needs and evaluates current test menu, instrumentation and technology, and recommends changes in POC testing to eliminate or add testing clinically relevant for rapid diagnosis.

    Minimum Education and Experience:

    + Bachelor’s degree in biological science or related field is required.

    + 5 years of clinical laboratory experience is strongly preferred.

    Minimum License and Certificates Required:

    MT(ASCP) or MT(AMT) or MT (AAB), or CLS(NCA), or MT(HEW) Certification is waived for those with 10 + years of lab experience.

     

    Methodist Hospital Northeast has played a major role in the phenomenal economic growth experienced in northeast Bexar County. With over 232 beds, the hospital offers a full array of services including 24/7 emergency care, open heart surgery, cardiac catheterizations, vascular, neurosurgery, inpatient rehabilitation, orthopedic surgery, cancer care, intensive care and inpatient and outpatient surgeries and procedures. It is home to the Joint Replacement Academy offering the latest treatment options for knee and hip pain, as well as a neurosurgical program offering services from elective spine surgeries to advanced and comprehensive brain and spine care.

     

    We are recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association as a Certified Primary Stroke Center; the American College of Cardiology as an Accredited Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI; and by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for having a Pathway to Excellence Program. Methodist Hospital Northeast has received the Mission: Lifeline® Bronze Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks and the Texas Award for Performance Excellence. The hospital has also been nationally recognized by Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grade A. For more information, please visit our website at www.sahealth.com and select Methodist Hospital Northeast under Locations.

     

    Be a part of an organization that invests in you. We are actively reviewing applications. Qualified candidates will be promptly contacted by our hiring managers for interviews. Submit your application today and help us raise the bar in patient care!

     

    We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.