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Lab Quality Assurance Coordinator

BJC HealthCare
Saint Louis, MO Full Time
POSTED ON 10/15/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/24/2026
Additional Information About the Role

Are you looking for a career as a Lab Quality Assurance Coordinator? Join our team at Barnes Jewish Hospital to make a direct impact on patient care and operations.

  • Full Time - 40 Hours Per Week, M-F, no weekends or holidays
  • Day Shift: 7am-330pm
  • Perks: Benefits Eligible
  • Location: Barnes Jewish Hospital
  • Minimum Requirement:
    • BS in a physical or life science related field
    • 2 years' experience
    • Preferred ASCP certification

Overview

Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.


Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Tracks and promotes quality of patient care as well as patient and visitor safety, in collaboration with quality and performance improvement activities. Minimize the frequency and severity of adverse events, manage and investigate the causes of those events to prevent injury and financial loss, and to advance awareness in order to identify risk related issues and trends. Quality management includes incident reporting, management of patient and family complaints related to quality of care, educational activities, and compliance with accreditation requirements. Proactive as well as reactive by providing support and regulatory guidance for risk reduction and process improvement by using activities such as root cause analysis and cause mapping in order to create and monitor action plans identified.

 

Responsibilities

  • Maintains continuous mandatory regulatory readiness for accrediting agencies. Coordinates and manages external regulatory inspections for all appropriate accrediting bodies.
  • Performs validation and verification audits required by all regulatory bodies, including but not limited to, good clinical practices, competency assessment and documentation,
  • Investigates and evaluates events for risk potential, loss minimization, and proper documentation in addition to using risk factor data to develop interventions and process improvement strategies.
  • Participates in the development and implementation of the Quality Management Plan in accordance to the requirements of all regulatory bodies.
  • Provides consultation and support to clinical teams related to performance and quality improvement initiatives and metric development and management.
  • Minimum Requirements

    Education

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • - Physical/Life Science/related

    Experience

  • 2-5 years
  • Supervisor Experience

  • No Experience
  • Preferred Requirements

    Experience

  • 5-10 years
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Cert/Lic in Area of Expertise
  • MT/MLS - ASCP or equiv
  • RTR or equiv

  • Benefits and Legal Statement

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    At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

    • Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
    • Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
    • Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
    • 401(k) plan with BJC match
    • Tuition Assistance available on first day
    • BJC Institute for Learning and Development
    • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
    • Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
    • Adoption assistance

    To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

    *Not all benefits apply to all jobs

    The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

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