Laboratory Standards Coordinator, Lab Quality Systems

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Company : IWK Health 
Req ID:
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Department/Program: Lab Quality Systems
Location: 
Halifax   
Type of Employment:
Temporary 
Hourly FT long-assignment (
100% FTE) for 1 year 
x
1 position(s)
 Start Date:
January 2024
Union Status: 
NSGEU Hlthcare,
Healthcare Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $
40.3189 - $
46.9843 
/hour
Closing Date: January 30, 2024 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)
 
IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.
 
Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Manager of Laboratory Services, Quality Systems, and indirectly accountable to the Director of Laboratory Operations and Chief of the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, the Lab Standards Coordinator will collaborate and consult with the Laboratory Quality Coordinator, Lab Section Managers, and lab medical and technical staff to plan, implement, and control the administrative and technical functions required for a Quality Management System (OMS).  The Lab Standards Coordinator will be responsible to ensure the Laboratory complies with the accepted set of guidelines and requirements, including developing and maintaining policies and procedures. They will also be responsible to lead and coordinate internal audits, to identify areas of improvement in collaboration with the Quality Systems team. The Laboratory Standards Coordinator has a range of accountabilities for quality, and ensuring continuous improvement and excellence in lab services. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
-Monitors compliance with quality standards, regulatory requirements, organizational standards, and other components of a quality management system
-Coordinates preparation for accreditation inspections in collaboration with Quality System team and facilitates follow up on areas identified for improvement.
-Facilitate and coordinate process control activities, including internal and external audits.
-Develops and maintains a document control system to ensure time and version sensitive documents are current, supporting division in their documental control requirements.
-Collaboratively, with Quality System team, evaluate and facilitate improvements to the Quality Management System to ensure its continued effectiveness.
-With the Lab Quality Coordinator, investigates non-conformities related to lab services to eliminate root cause, and ensures documentation, reporting and follow up are appropriate.
-Coordinates internal and external quality assessment programs.
-Coordinates equipment management, including overseeing verification and validation for lab general equipment and maintaining a central master database, in collaboration with Clinical Engineering
-Develops policies and processes related to contracts, referrals, suppliers, and external and advisory services.
-Create, oversee and maintain databases required to meet the requirement of the Quality Management System (i.e. Referral Laboratory Accreditation).
-Offers educational sessions related to quality, medical error and patient safety to lab staff and other lab professionals.
-Demonstrates commitment to development of professional practice through participation and leadership in organizational and professional activities.
Hours of Work
Mon. to Fri. - 8am to 4 pm - 37.5 hr/week
Your Qualifications
-Registered Medical Lab Technologist (MLT) with 5 years’ experience or appropriate degree (e.g. BHSc) with 5 years’ experience required.
-Certification from CSMLS and valid license or exemption from NSCMLT is required.
-In depth clinical knowledge in one field of laboratory medicine required.
-Minimum one year experience facilitating quality and/or safety improvement initiatives.
-Completion of, or commitment to complete, a Quality Management System Program. 
-Completion of, or commitment to complete, a Leadership/ Management Program.
-Computer skills required (word processing, spreadsheets, etc.) with proficiency in data management preferred.
-Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, excellent organization and technical skills, good decision making skills.
-Demonstrated excellent communication skills (written and oral) required.
-Demonstrated excellent time management skills and organizational skills required
-Competency in other languages considered an asset.
Thank
you for your interest in IWK Health.
Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.
This is a Healthcare 
bargaining  unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
An  offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials. Additionally, as per Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 Vaccine mandate, any offer of employment will be conditional upon submitting proof of full vaccination status. Medical exceptions or any other kind of requested exception based upon the Health Centre’s obligations pursuant to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis
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