Location: North Hollywood,CA, USA
Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Regional Director of Laboratory Quality and Compliance, ensures compliance readiness and standardizes policies, processes, and procedures for all SCAL Area laboratories to meet regulatory and accrediting agencies requirements, improve quality, patient safety and cost effectiveness. Serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the SCAL clinical laboratories.
Essential Responsibilities:
+ Helps to plan and lead an effective region-wide laboratory service regulatory and accreditation compliance system. Helps lead and facilitates the improvement and standardization of laboratory services and processes to improve quality, patient safety, compliance and cost effectiveness.
+ Leads and facilitates SCAL Laboratory Workgroups under the direction of the Laboratory Operations Committee and Laboratory Operations Directors. Standardizes policies, processes, and procedures for all SCAL Area laboratories to meet regulatory and accrediting agencies requirements. Supports implementation of new tests and technologies.
+ Serves as an expert resource for information and interpretation of regulatory and accrediting agencies requirements including reviewing legislation proposals. Leads in the planning, development, implementation and monitoring of quality assessments (quality indicators) to ensure regulatory compliance and quality improvement.
+ Conducts internal surveys of all SCAL laboratories to ensure compliance and monitors corrective action plans as needed. Assists with external surveys by SCAL Laboratories as needed.
+ Develops and conducts as needed in-service training program for laboratory quality and compliance. Offers consultation to laboratory medical directors and pathologists who have oversight responsibilities in technical matters. Coordinates region-wide laboratory related issues and projects such as supplier contracts, quality, and services/products recalls.
+ Partners with Regional Accreditation, Regulation and Licensing (AR&L) and Regional Quality & Risk Management on matters related to regulatory and quality affairs. Serves as a back-up to Regional Director of Laboratory Quality and Compliance on regulatory affairs as needed.
+ Participates in committees, meetings, seminars to keep informed of new technologies and regulatory changes.
+ Participates in vendor training to maintain expertise on new laboratory system. Provides guidance on the integration of new systems with laboratory workflows.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
+ Minimum five (5) years of experience in a high-volume clinical laboratory or complex healthcare delivery system.
+ Minimum five (5) years of progressive supervisory/management experience in a high-volume clinical laboratory.
Education
+ Bachelors degree in clinical laboratory science (CLS).
License, Certification, Registration
+ Clinical Laboratory Scientist License (California)
Additional Requirements:
+ Demonstrated skills and experience in regulatory and accreditation program compliance.
+ Demonstrable skills and experience in project management in quality system development and process improvement.
+ Demonstrable skills and experience in collaborations with stakeholders and labor partners in a team work and labor management partnership operational environment.
+ Demonstrable proficiency and experience in personal computer applications in document creation, statistical analysis, graphic display, and flow-charting.
+ Knowledge of California and Federal laboratory laws and regulations and major accrediting organizations requirements.
+ Proven strong leadership, interpersonal skills and skills in operational management.
+ Excellent communication and writing skills including policy and procedure development.
+ Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Advance knowledge in any of the following disciplines: Hematology, Chemistry, Coagulation, Bacteriology, Immunology or Transfusion Medicine, Anatomic Pathology.
+ Masters Degree or Advance Certification in a clinical laboratory related specialty.
COMPANY: KAISER
TITLE: Laboratory Practice Leader
LOCATION: North Hollywood, California
REQNUMBER: 1314077
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.