Point of Care Consultant

Summary

About Us

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics.

CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence :

• Named on of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek .
• Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
• Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
• Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here : Benefits CoxHealth

Additional Information about the position

• $6,000 Sign-On Bonus, up to 40 hours of front-loaded Personal Time Off
• Relocation bonus available for qualified candidates (if applicable)

Job Summary

A Medical Laboratory Scientist / Medical Technologist assuming responsibility and accountability for supervision and development of laboratory point of care testing.

Responsible for assuring appropriate policies and procedures are followed by non-laboratory testing personnel in various locations both inside and outside the hospital.

Responsible to oversee training of POC testing personnel. Ensures all regulatory and compliance issues are addressed for point of care testing.

Provides oversight in areas of policy and procedure for laboratory testing and reviews quality control metrics to ensure appropriate quality is ensured.

Travel to various locations to assist with compliance is expected. Ability to monitor and compile data and disseminate results to multiple levels of leaders and employees.

Uses specialist certification and knowledge to provide skilled guidance in area of specialty.

Job Requirements

• Education
• Required : Bachelor's Degree must be obtained within 90 days OR High School Diploma or equivalent AND Grandfathered status under CLIA Regulations
• Experience
• Preferred : 1 year experience as a Medical Lab Scientist
• Skills
• Strong analytical / problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of current information technology and an ability to lead project teams to accomplish automation projects of large size and complexity.
• Proficient in all Microsoft programs; high level proficiency in Excel.
• Ability to communicate effectively with different levels of management. Demonstrates clear verbal and written communication.
• Ability to communicate effectively with different levels of management.
• Excellent time management, interpersonal, presentation, organization, prioritizing, decision-making, and planning skills.
• Demonstrates clear verbal and written communication.
• Licensure / Certification / Registration
• Required : Certified as a Medical Technologist / Medical Laboratory Scientist Specialist from a nationally recognized laboratory certifying agency or eligible to sit for exam at time of hire;

must obtain certification within 90 days of hire OR Grandfathered Status under CLIA Regulations