Technical Operations Expert, Bloodbank

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Schedule:
Monday-Friday  with other shifts as needed

Location:
Woodward

Hourly/Salaried:
Salaried



Job Summary

Enhance patient safety by partnering with clinical transfusion services and hospital Quality departments. Act as regulatory & accreditation resource for Tri Core’s Transfusion Services. Work closely with appropriate medical and operational director(s) regarding decisions on matters relating to patient care, technical performance, and quality. Ensure patient safety with educational presentations and partnering with Tri Core and hospital Quality departments in transfusion medicine.

Responsible for the assigned blood management programs in the hospital systems. Coordinate assigned activities with other areas of the hospitals and with internal and external customers to ensure that quality standards are met. Responsible for ensuring Tri Core’s service quality to the satisfaction of the hospital, its physicians and patients. Services as the Transfusion Safety Officer for Tri Core.

Essential Functions

Quality and Risk Management Activities

• Review hospital equipment used in blood administration for adherence to manufacturer’s recommendations and safety
• Conduct concurrent and retrospective audits on the utilization of blood products and their alternatives
• Review informed consent policies for adequacy and recommend changes as needed.
• Perform random audits on transfusion events for informed consent and compliance with the hospitals’ blood product administration policies and procedures at least annually for all Tri Core Blood banks.
• Serve as a member of the quality meeting for each division.
• Participate in the investigation of errors and accidents with the intent to bring root cause analysis and action plans to the Transfusion Workgroup for the determination of appropriates of response(s) to error.
• Conduct review of suspected transfusion reactions to ensure compliance with transfusion administration policy and best practices in diagnosis and management of suspected transfusion reactions.
• Provide a summary update on regulatory changes to the Bloodbank workgroup, Operations Director and Medical Director as required.
• Audit all Tri Core Blood banks on an annual basis to ensure closure of previous inspection findings from any source and current compliance to regulations and submit annual reports to the Operations Director and Medical Director.

• Ideally, physically be on-site at least weekly at Presbyterian Hospital, Rust Medical Center, Lovelace Medical Center, Lovelace Women’s hospital and University Hospital locations in order to provide availability to Blood Bank staff and Medical Directors as directed by the Operations Directors. Flexibility is required to accommodate attendance at mandatory meetings between all facilities.
• Visit other Bloodbank locations at least quarterly.
• Review and advise on policies and procedures to effectively and safely use blood products in compliance with published best practices, regulations and accreditation standards
• Provide input on laboratory and nursing transfusion policies and procedures; review processes periodically according to regulatory requirements and/or identified need.
• Oversee the completion of look back investigations; guide reporting of fatalities to the FDA
• In conjunction with the Tri Core Transfusion Service Medical Directors and Operations Directors, assess the Transfusion Service model at Tri Core and participate in developing strategic long range goals and delivery models.
• Maintain a working knowledge of all Bloodbank computer systems and be able to guide staff on use of such systems.

• Serve as a member of the Transfusion Committees.
• Provide materials for education to physicians, residents, technologists,…