[Hiring] Quality Assurance Coordinator @Moffitt Cancer Center

Role Description

Under the direction of the Pathology Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance Director, this position will develop, implement and monitor all aspects of the Quality Improvement Program for Anatomical Pathology and the Clinical Laboratory, Point of Care (POC), and Safety Programs.

• Interprets, designs, and implements quality assurance standards in laboratory to ensure quality care to patients.
• Oversees and manages compliance standards for twelve (12) cost centers.
• Creates policies and/or procedures to ensure state and federal compliance.
• In conjunction with the management team and faculty, determines compliance audits, to include problem prone, high risk, and/or high volume procedures.
• Analyzes statistical data and writes narrative reports summarizing quality assurance findings.
• Leads and reports monitors at Pathology Services, Clinical Laboratory Services, and the hospital quality assurance meetings.
• Establishes and maintains a strong working relationship with clinics and providers and Magnolia Main, MIP, McKinley, and MIOMS locations.
• Directs implementation of the solution, and manages the allocation of work to the appropriate resources.
• Motivates resources to deliver to quality standards on time.
• Support faculty and staff through all phases of pre-, post- and analytical testing, training, and inspections.
• Consults with programs, clinics, agencies, etc. to manage and define needs/requirements for lab compliance.
• Determine scope of investigation required to obtain solution for performance expectations, to include plans, safety, POC, timelines, and metrics.
• Analyze data to verify results and provide solutions and/or alternate methods and procedures.
• Design and implement process change in practices and risk mitigation strategy for all pathology sites.
• Performs Root Cause Analysis and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis for high risk, problem prone areas; reports findings, solutions, to QA Department Chairs, Risk Management, Compliance, and regulatory agencies.
• Directs staff to compliance with federal, state, and hospital regulatory guidelines.
• Advise clients on alternate methods of solving need or problem, or recommends specific solution(s).
• Coordinate and cooperate with third party vendors and/or consultants as required.
• Create databases and metrics to track QA monitors.
• Develops, reviews, and revises departmental SOPs and processes.

Company Description

Working at Moffitt is both a career and a mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer. As the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida, Moffitt employs some of the best and brightest minds from around the world. Join a dedicated team of nearly 11,000 who are shaping the future we envision. Moffitt has been recognized as a Best and Brightest Company to Work For in the Nation and is continually named one of the Tampa Bay Times’ Top Workplaces.