LAB SHIFT COORDINATOR

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000000 Shift: Afternoons Location: RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER Summary: The Shift Coordinator oversees operations to ensure testing and reporting of results meet quality metrics and are meeting established turn around times.
The coordinator monitors daily technical activities and assures compliance with all policies and regulatory requirements.
The coordinator monitors daily technical activities and assures compliance with all policies and regulatory requirements.
Experience/Education Requirements: Computer knowledge Excellent interpersonal skills Strong organizational skills Excellent written and verbal communications Ability to multitask Positive customer service experience License or Certification Requirements: Responsibilities: Organize shift workload and assigns duties and delegates to teammates Notifies staff and finds replacements for employee call-ins, ensuring minimum staffing needs are maintained Monitors shift turn around time, identifies opportunities and implements solutions to improve when appropriate Helps maintain compliance with CAP requirements and other regulatory agencies and ensures all staff are aware and in compliance with regulatory requirements Orients and trains new personnel to the shift Monitors inventory control processes to ensure supply availability and cost containments.
Maintain and replenish inventory levels of laboratory materials and rotate stock using older reagents first.
Assists with lab supply management including restocking lab supplies or ordering supplies as assigned Conducts daily department shift huddles and ensures critical information is received from prior shift and shared with incoming shifts as applicable.
Also ensures process changes or safety concerns are communicated to team members Supports administrative and laboratory policies and procedures Participate in the trianing, mentoring, and evaluation of students Participate in the formation of annual departmental goals and performance improvement inititatives Assisgn and submit results for proficiency tesitng as delegated by team leaders or supervisor Provide assistance to LabCorp staff with send-out samples Follow all established policies and procedures as well as develop and edit policies and procedures in PolicyStat Accurately perform all department related computer functions, including but not limited to: faxing results, entering orders, updating pertinent specimen iformation, documenting clinically significant communication in the electronic medical record, routine data entry Incident reporting Submission of tickets for BioMed, EVS, EPIC Beaker Perform generalist lab responsibilities incluidng but not limited to: Operates and maintains equipment, recognizes equipment malfunction, troubleshoot and repair as necessary Recognize factors that affect measurements and results, analyzes QC stat, makes judgements concerning results, takes appropriate corrective action Performs complex analytical tests or procedures, recognizes deviations from expected results and take appropriate action to maintain accuracy and precision Receives, sort, aliquot, process, test and store biological specimens; process add-o order requests and send out testing samples Prepare samples for analysis according to procedures Set up cultures on biological specimens Prepare solutions, reagnets and stains using established formulas and stock solutions Perform and document quality control and maintenance checks as required by manufacturers and regulatory agencies Document and report any deviaitions from policies and procedures via the incident reporting system as well as communicating with departmental leadership Evaluate and resolve issues independently as appropriate Works with internal and exteral customers on problem resolun=tion Reporting atypical sample or equipment behavior to supervisor or team leader Performs other duties as needed, included but not limited to instrument validation testing or assist in LIS testing Consistently demonstrates a poitive attitude and willingness to assess and imrpve the work environment by identifying and plemementing employee engagement initiatives This position woll provide career lader opptotunities and will also promote people to work the evening or midnight shift the role allows for advancement outside of our traditional team leader roles while providing leader oversight on the offi-shifts.
Riverside Healthcare is revolutionizing care using leading-edge technology to diagnose and treat patients.
We are ranked top in the nation for performance in neurosurgery, orthopedics, and heart surgery and have also been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics seven times.
Riverside is nationally recognized for our specialty programs in obstetrics, trauma, oncology, rehabilitation, geriatrics, occupational health, psychiatric services, and treatment of alcohol and chemical dependency, as well as patient safety.
We combine innovation and convenience at state-of-the-art facilities located in communities throughout the greater Kankakee area.
Riverside Medical Center proves that truly progressive medicine is being delivered in Chicago's southwest suburbs and East Central Illinois.
Join a team that is not only concerned with providing the best care possible but also with offering a work environment of advancement and growth.
Riverside is a place that embraces a culture where opinions count and dedications is respected, where superior performance is rewarded with competitive salaries and excellent benefits.
Other information: Exposure/Sensory Requirements: Exposure to: Chemicals: Refer to MSDS sheets.
Video Display Terminals: Average Blood and Body Fluids: High risk - The work environment has infectious blood and body fluids.
The Operations Manager is required to manipulate blood and body fluids 25-50% of the time depending upon staffing needs.
TB or Airborne Pathogens: The Operations Manager has a level of exposure higher than that of a normal person.
This work environment requires adequate knowledge of these types of pathogens in order to minimize or eliminate exposure.
Sensory requirements (speech, vision, smell, hearing, touch): Speech: Needed for presentations/training, telephone communication, facilitate meetings, communicate clearly and precisely.
Vision: Needed to perform jobs technically oriented and to remain aware of what is going on in the laboratory environment.
Smell: Electrical/fire safety.
Hearing: Needed to perform jobs technically oriented and to remain aware of what is going on in the laboratory environment.
Touch: Needed to perform jobs technically oriented and to remain aware of what is going on in the laboratory environment.
Activity/Lifting Requirements: Average Hours per Week: 40 Shift: Days or nights Percentage of time during the normal workday the employee is required to: Sit: 40% Twist: 0% Stand: 20% Crawl: 0% Walk: 30% Kneel: 2% Lift: 2% Drive: 0% Squat: 5% Climb: 0% Bend: 1% Reach above shoulders: 1% The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below: Up to 10 lbs: Frequently Up to 20 lbs: Occasionally Up to 35 lbs: Occasionally Up to 50 lbs: Not Required Up to 75 lbs: Not Required Up to 100 lbs: Not Required Over 100 lbs: Not Required Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements.
(Example: the distance material is carried; how high material is lifted, etc.
): Delivery of supplies to areas of laboratory or racks of blood to departments for patient testing.
Lifting procedure manuals to and from shelves, boxes of saline of isotone, generally not exceeding 5'.
Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity: Sit: 120 Twist: 0 Stand: 120 Crawl: 0 Walk: 3 Kneel: 2 Lift: 2 Drive: 0 Squat: 2 Climb: 0 Bend: 1 Reach above shoulders: 1 Repetitive use of hands (Frequency indicated): Simple grasp up to 10 lbs.
Normal weight: often Pushing & pulling Normal weight: up to 3-50# occasionally Fine Manipulation: Almost all laboratory procedures require fine motor skills such as pipetting, transferring specimens, etc.
Repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control: Environmental Factors & Special Hazards: Environmental Factors (Time Spent) : Inside hours: 8 Outside hours : 0 Temperature: Normal Range Lighting: Very Dark Noise levels: Average Humidity: Normal Range Atmosphere: Fumes, Odors, Dust, Poor ventilation Special Hazards : Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Other - Mechanical and electrical equipment.
Chemical exposure during testing.
Constant blood and body fluid exposure.
Powdered latex gloves as a skin irritant.
Protective Clothing Required: Closed-toe shoes, gloves, lab coat, and occasionally goggles and specific protective gowns for special specimen handling precautions.