Laboratory Practice Leader
Primary Location North Hollywood, California
Worker Location Onsite
Job Number 1314077 Date posted 10/07/2024
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Description:
Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Regional Director of Laboratory Quality and Compliance, ensures compliance readiness and standardizes policies, processes, and procedures for all SCAL Area laboratories to meet regulatory and accrediting agencies requirements, improve quality, patient safety and cost effectiveness. Serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the SCAL clinical laboratories.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Helps to plan and lead an effective region-wide laboratory service regulatory and accreditation compliance system. Helps lead and facilitates the improvement and standardization of laboratory services and processes to improve quality, patient safety, compliance and cost effectiveness.
- Leads and facilitates SCAL Laboratory Workgroups under the direction of the Laboratory Operations Committee and Laboratory Operations Directors. Standardizes policies, processes, and procedures for all SCAL Area laboratories to meet regulatory and accrediting agencies requirements. Supports implementation of new tests and technologies.
- Serves as an expert resource for information and interpretation of regulatory and accrediting agencies requirements including reviewing legislation proposals. Leads in the planning, development, implementation and monitoring of quality assessments (quality indicators) to ensure regulatory compliance and quality improvement.
- Conducts internal surveys of all SCAL laboratories to ensure compliance and monitors corrective action plans as needed. Assists with external surveys by SCAL Laboratories as needed.
- Develops and conducts as needed in-service training program for laboratory quality and compliance. Offers consultation to laboratory medical directors and pathologists who have oversight responsibilities in technical matters. Coordinates region-wide laboratory related issues and projects such as supplier contracts, quality, and services/products recalls.
- Partners with Regional Accreditation, Regulation and Licensing (AR&L) and Regional Quality & Risk Management on matters related to regulatory and quality affairs. Serves as a back-up to Regional Director of Laboratory Quality and Compliance on regulatory affairs as needed.
- Participates in committees, meetings, seminars to keep informed of new technologies and regulatory changes.
- Participates in vendor training to maintain expertise on new laboratory system. Provides guidance on the integration of new systems with laboratory workflows.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum five (5) years of experience in a high-volume clinical laboratory or complex healthcare delivery system.
- Minimum five (5) years of progressive supervisory/management experience in a high-volume clinical laboratory.
Education
- Bachelors degree in clinical laboratory science (CLS).
License, Certification, Registration
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist License (California)
Additional Requirements:
- Demonstrated skills and experience in regulatory and accreditation program compliance.
- Demonstrable skills and experience in project management in quality system development and process improvement.
- Demonstrable skills and experience in collaborations with stakeholders and labor partners in a team work and labor management partnership operational environment.
- Demonstrable proficiency and experience in personal computer applications in document creation, statistical analysis, graphic display, and flow-charting.
- Knowledge of California and Federal laboratory laws and regulations and major accrediting organizations requirements.
- Proven strong leadership, interpersonal skills and skills in operational management.
- Excellent communication and writing skills including policy and procedure development.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advance knowledge in any of the following disciplines: Hematology, Chemistry, Coagulation, Bacteriology, Immunology or Transfusion Medicine, Anatomic Pathology.
- Masters Degree or Advance Certification in a clinical laboratory related specialty.
Primary Location: California,North Hollywood,Sherman Way Central Lab W
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri,
Working Hours Start: 08:30 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Sherman Way Central Lab-Bldg A - Hosp Adm-Quality Improvement - 0806
Pay Range: $137800 - $178310 / year
Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.
Travel: Yes, 50 % of the Time
On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital).
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
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Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
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Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.
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Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
