What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Systems Manager position at Kaiser Permanente?
Job Summary:
Directs the development and improvement of a laboratory-wide quality system. Ensures laboratory compliance with all regulatory agencies. Compliance Leader for the laboratory.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Directs the development and improvement of a laboratory-wide quality system and manages system implementation with technical and non-technical departments.
- Leads the establishment and improvement of an integrated laboratory quality system.
- Ensures compliance with regulatory and accreditation agencies requirements.
- Identifies opportunities and implements processes and procedures to reduce laboratory risks.
- Designs or assists in process development and improvement throughout the laboratory system.
- Leads or facilitates continuous quality improvement projects and quality review processes.
- Manages quality improvement projects, costs, or standardization.
- Collaborates in developing quality strategies with the laboratory management team.
- Manages and maintains all appropriate regulatory licenses and certificates for all laboratory testing, both in the laboratory and in non laboratory areas.
- Ensures compliance for all POCT testing, manages the activities and performance of the POCT Coordinator of the laboratory.
- Ensures required regulatory, quality, safety and compliance training and education for all laboratory employees and non laboratory employees performing laboratory testing.
- Ensures laboratory quality and adherence to regulatory requirements through internal audits and tracers.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum five (5) years of experience in an acute care hospital and/or reference laboratory required including demonstrated ability to utilize principles and practices of quality improvement/system.
Education
- Bachelors degree in clinical laboratory science or related field.
License, Certification, Registration
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist License (California)
Additional Requirements:
- Other skills/experience should include demonstrable knowledge of statistical tools of quality, techniques of problem solving and improving work process, making presentations, and computer proficiency.
- Knowledge of federal, state, local, and accreditation agency regulations.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous supervisory experience preferred.
