What are the responsibilities and job description for the Laboratory Coordinator position at Inova Health System?
Inova Loudoun Hospital is looking for a dedicated Laboratory Coordinator to join their team! This role will be Full-Time Night Shift: Monday-Friday, Every Other Weekend
Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
Laboratory Coordinator Job Responsibilities:
- Assist the supervisor and/or manager with personnel functions for the Laboratory section to include leadership and direct supervision of daily staff performance and competency.
- To help achieve our mission, you will communicate effectively and work cooperatively with team members to optimize job performance and foster working relationships.
- Providing oversite of quality assurance operations of the Laboratory to include all aspects of the quality management program is of vital importance.
- Participating in the daily operations of the Laboratory section including financial, record keeping and quality assurance responsibilities is expected.
- Your ability to provide technical expertise and organization for the Laboratory section to ensure accurate and efficient specimen testing is required.
- Complies with all standard operating procedures (SOP) and assists with writing and/or reviewing SOP for content/correctness and implements new procedures with required documentation.
- Ensures compliance with Laboratory policies/procedures and with applicable requirements for accreditation by CAP, The Joint Commission and other regulatory agencies.
- Leads and/or actively participates in quality improvement projects and team member engagement by enhancing team development and hospital/system goals.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in science
- Years of Experience: 3 years of experience required.
- Certification Upon Start: ASCP or AMT Board certification consistent with scope of responsibility to include MT, MLS, MLT, BB, SBB, C, H, M, SH, SCT, MB, SMB, SM, SC, and HEW.
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
This policy is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at 45 C.F.R. Parts 80, 84, 91 and 92, respectively.