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Job Title

Point of Care Specialist

                        

Location

Canton

                    

Facility

Mercy Hospital

                     

Department

Clinical Quality-Clinical and Operational Improvement

                      

Job Code

T98887

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Officially becoming a full member of the Cleveland Clinic Health System in 2021, Mercy Hospital offers a wide variety of medical specialties to the communities in and around Stark County. Here, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. 

The Point of Care Specialist coordinates and ensures compliance with regulatory and accrediting agencies for non-waived Point of Care Testing programs across Mercy, Union and community hospitals. This role supports implementation of the standardized Point of Care program throughout the Cleveland Clinic Health System under the direction of the Point of Care Medical Director and Manager, while maintaining the RT-PLMI Quality Management System and key quality metrics. The specialist analyzes data, prepares reports, identifies compliance gaps, and drives process improvements, while serving as a compliance educator and consultant to clinical and operational staff and collaborating closely with local Point of Care testing teams.

A caregiver in this position will work Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm, three days on-site and two days at home.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Manage the Point of Care testing programs in assigned area.
• Facilitate and manage the initiation of new programs.
• Identify existing Point of Care Testing programs system wide and implement consolidation and standardization strategy goals as directed by the Point of Care Medical Director and the Point of Care Manager.
• Collect quality metrics, review findings, and identify gaps and risks.
• Implement process improvements to mitigate risk.
• Monitor quality control records and review for trends.
• Conduct audits and mock inspections to ensure compliance and accreditation readiness.
• Prepare for and participate in accreditation inspections/surveys. Develop action plan/response to deficiencies.
• Manage accreditation and compliance activities i.e. qualification documentation of testing personnel, training records, competency assessment, proficiency testing surveys, CAP test activity list, Lab Director sites visits, instrument verification/correlation/calibration verification, test procedure development/revision/review, etc.
• Act as a Point of Care compliance educator and consultant to clinical operational staff.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor's degree in a chemical, physical, biological or Clinical Laboratory Science
• Minimum of three years of experience as a Medical Technologist in a non-waived laboratory
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Additional experience in quality assurance or quality auditing
• Project management background

• 403(b) Savings & Investment Plan
• Investment Pension Plan (IPP) 
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off (PTO) 
• Employee Discounts
• Dental and Vision Plans 
• Life Insurance and Disability 

Physical Requirements:

• Typical physical demands include ability to sit, stand or walk extensively.
• May be required to stand and/or walk for long periods of time.
• May drive distances throughout central and northern Ohio.
• Light lifting may be required.
• May be exposed to hazardous chemicals, biohazards, radioactive materials, communicable diseases, body fluids, etc.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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