Consultant - System Laboratory Operations

Description

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Summary:

Key duties of the clinical laboratory consultant include evaluating and optimizing laboratory operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, and providing expert guidance on quality management, process improvement, and laboratory standards. They are responsible for tasks like developing protocols, assisting with accreditation and inspections, conducting audits, and training staff to ensure the lab provides accurate and reliable test results.

Responsibilities:

1. Quality assurance and improvement: Evaluate, implement, and oversee quality management systems and standard operating procedures to ensure test accuracy and reliability.
2. Regulatory compliance: Ensure the laboratory complies with all relevant regulations, assist with preparing for and passing inspections, and help with the application process for licenses and accreditations.
3. Operational support: Advise on laboratory design, assist with new technology implementation, and help optimize workflow for efficiency.
4. Staff training and education: Provide training to laboratory staff on new procedures, best practices, and regulatory requirements.
5. Consultation: Provide expert consultation on test ordering, interpretation of results, and management of patient care, often working with healthcare providers and other cross-functional teams.
6. Auditing: Perform on-site and remote inspections to identify deficiencies and recommend corrective actions.
7. Data analysis: Analyze patient data to identify trends and areas for improvement.
8. Professional development: Stay current with the latest advancements in laboratory methodologies and equipment.

Experience and skills:

• Experience: Typically requires a background as a medical technologist or laboratory scientist, with increasing levels of responsibility for mid-level and senior consultants.
• Skills: Requires strong knowledge of clinical laboratory science, quality systems, regulatory requirements, and good communication skills for training and consultation.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* No licensure/certification required.
Professional Experience Requirements:
* A minimum of four years related experience.

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Shared Services

Organization Unit: System Laboratory Operations

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 10.00

Work Assignment Type: Hybrid

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.