Point of Care Coordinator – Laboratory – Part Time, Days

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island. The hospital facility is home to the Knapp Cardiac Care Center—an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility—as well as a modern ambulatory surgical pavilion with specialized services including women’s imaging, a sleep laboratory, and bariatric surgery. Our Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center delivers comprehensive and specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries. The Stroke Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, with expert neurologists available to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk has multiple outpatient sites, including an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and various primary care and specialty offices.

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Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Point of Care Coordinator – Laboratory – Part Time, Days – Clinical Labs-Procure,Dist,Adm – Part-Tim.

In this role, the successful candidate Working in collaboration with the Point of Care Manager, the candidate must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to oversee departments requirements at NYU Langone- Suffolk. This role requires effective collaboration with Nursing Professional Development and multiple hospital departments to coordinate, support, and ensure the consistent delivery of Point of Care testing throughout the organization.

Job Responsibilities:

Management Skills

• Assists in formulating and implementing organizational goals.
• Makes optimum use of department resources. Orders quantities that maximize dating, limit calibrations and minimize waste. Inventory is kept at adequate levels to maintain services. All orders are tracked from time of order to receipt. Problems are investigated and resolved before inventory is affected.
• Maintains composure in high stress situations. Remains calm and delegates responsibilities to staff.
• Comply with all safety recommendations and requirements.
• Shows strong self-management and organizational skills. Projects are done on schedule, and records are accurate and neat.
• Shows flexibility and creativity in response to changing conditions.
• Assists manager in reviewing all instrument test results to assure that laboratory protocol is being followed. Problems or errors are identified and corrected. Staff is informed of any breach of protocol.
• Assists in development and implementation of PI projects.

Technical Skills

• Applies an advanced level of knowledge and experience in all areas of their department.
• Assists in monitoring all documentation to assure that all policies and procedures are consistently followed.
• Displays an ability to learn rapidly and adapt quickly to changing situations.
• Able to perform advanced troubleshooting procedures. Works directly with manufacturers technical assistance center or engineer to resolve instrument problems.

Quality Assurance

• Assists in the review of all quality control data and patient data to verify accuracy of results and maintains documentation of remedial action.
• Takes appropriate action when QC fails.
• Strives to grow professionally by completing all continuing education requirements and by independent study.
• Makes recommendations to improve processes and services.
• Does appropriate validation testing.
• Does correlations accurately.
• Performs monthly iQCP testing.
• Reviews iQCP for Point of Care for the annual review, Quality Assessment, Risk Assessment and Quality Control Plan.
• Maintains POCT corrective action log.

Communication

• Gives clear direction and effectively demonstrate routine and complex procedures.
• Effectively utilizes the computer to process specimens, report results and access information.
• Conveys respect for the profession.
• Promotes cooperative behavior and team efforts.
• Listens attentively and respects opinions of others.
• Demonstrates proper telephone techniques and etiquette.
• Communicates ideas and suggestions with positive intent.

Analytical Skills

• Demonstrates the ability to analyze problems to determine the cause and find solution.
• Follows a logical process to problem resolution.
• Uses all available resources to solve problems including manuals and manufacturers technical services.
• Displays knowledge of mathematical and statistical calculations to evaluate Quality Control and calculate patient results.
• Understands the role of the middleware with regards to POCT.
• Can navigate the middleware for POCT to produce reports for QC, IQCP and nursing dept. requests.

Other Functions and Performance Expectations

• Maintains a consistent pattern of attendance.
• Adheres to assigned area on time for schedules shift.
• Adheres to hospital/department dress code and arrives to work appropriately dressed, well-groomed and neat.
• Completes all hospital requirements at designated times (i.e. annual assessment, educational, NYU Langone Mandatories).
• Conforms to policies regarding confidentiality of information.
• Follows call-in procedure when sick, late or absent.

Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a BS in Medical Technology and 4 years clinical laboratory experience. NYS Education Department Clinical Laboratory Technologist License. Professional accreditation preferred. Analytical skills necessary to analyze data and perform mathematical calculations. Possess a strong knowledge of computer fundamentals and experience with laboratory information systems. Ability to identify, analyze and solve problems. Technical skills necessary to operate, maintain and troubleshoot instrumentation and perform routine and complex testing. Demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness and effectiveness and quality of work reflect high professional standards. Excels in training, leading and motivating people. Demonstrates strong organizational skills. Works effectively in high-pressure situations..

Required Licenses: Clinical Lab Technologist-NYS

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you’ll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.

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NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $36.04 – $61.16 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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