SUPERVISOR POINT OF CARE TESTING

Montefiore 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.
 
Responsibilities:
•    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 Laboratory technologist license. NYS requirement 
•    4 years of bench experience 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 identified
 
The 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.

Department: Pathology Bargaining Unit: Non Union Campus: MOSES  Employment Status: Regular Full-Time Address: 111 East 210th Street, Bronx
Shift: Day Scheduled Hours: 8:30 AM-5 PM Req ID: 222156 Salary Range/Pay Rate: $101,250.00 - $135,000.00    

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