Point of Care Coordinator (Laboratory), Part-Time

Nemours Children's Health is seeking a Point of Care Coordinator (Laboratory), Part-Time, to join our team in Jacksonville, Florida.

The coordination of activities related to point-of-care testing (POCT), including writing procedures, training testing staff, and troubleshooting POCT instruments.

Working closely with Clinical Laboratory Technical and Management staff, as well as Practice and Nursing staff involved in POCT, the POCT Coordinator performs activities in POCT testing to maintain compliance with appropriate regulations.  To do this, the POCT Coordinator:

• Reviews test results, through audits and other surveillance and provides reports on non-conforming events.
• Reviews test performance, evaluating staff competency in testing methods.
• Evaluates quality control material and make recommendations regarding instrument selection.
• Maintains compliance with regulatory requirements, and assists various Nemours staff with understanding and meeting these.
• Reviews manufacturer guidelines for POCT instruments and using these, develops or reviews POCT procedures.
• Meets with instrument technical and sales representatives to review changes in POCT instruments and resolve problems.
• Designs training programs for POCT testers and trains POCT users
• Performs troubleshooting of POCT instrument or method problems.
• Assists in maintaining inventory of POCT supplies.
• Transfers (for example, from Patient Care Unit flow sheets to Laboratory Information System) information on POCT testing to facilitate laboratory record keeping, statistics compilation and billing.
• Performs associated information systems activities related to the transfer of POCT results from instruments to various information systems, and works with Information Systems department and others as needed for implementation of new or revised technologies, troubleshooting, etc.;
• Performs correlations and linearities on instruments, as required (e.g., on moderately complex procedures).
• Travel to Nemours sites in support of point of care.

Qualifications:

• B. S. in Medical Technology (B.S.M.T. or equivalent, e.g., HHS examination or ability to meet CLIA qualifications for High complexity laboratory testing) is required.
• A minimum of one year of experience required.
• Must have skills for technical bench analysis, e.g., basic medical technology skills. Such skills include manual dexterity sufficient to allow the manipulation of equipment such as small volume pipettes, instrument tubing, and microscope slides.  Must be able to visually identify characteristics of specimens (such as turbidity or hemolysis). Must be able to judge volume, as in the adequacy of specimen volume. 
• Must have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. 
•  Must be able to use computers and information systems.  This includes the use of any system required for job performance, whether this is a laboratory information system, PC, hospital system or other information system.

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Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.