Compliance Coordinator - Heme​/Coag​/Flow​/Micro, Full-Time, Days

The salary range for this position is $40.62 - $54.84 (Hourly Rate)
Placement within the salary range is dependent on several factors such as relevant work experience and internal equity. For positions represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range is guided by the rules outlined in the collective bargaining agreement.
We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section located .org/benefits to learn more.
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Benefits:
$10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
$10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
$1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
$250 Wellbeing Fund per year ($125 for part-time)
Matching 401(k)
Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
Life insurance
Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
Paid time off and Holiday pay
Description
This role covers the following lab areas:
Hematology, Hemostasis, Flow Cytometry and Microbiology
The Compliance Coordinator reflects the mission, vision, and values of Northwestern Memorial, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.
The Compliance Coordinator will work with Medical Directors and Managers to assure regulatory compliance of department activities and provides consultation to other hospital departments and committees regarding regulatory requirements in Transfusion Medicine (Blood Bank), the Pathology Laboratories, or the Blood Gas laboratory, as applicable.
The Compliance Coordinator will maintain the highest degree of expertise in quality, compliance, regulatory, and accreditation requirements through attendance at professional, association and scientific meetings, and through continual dialogue with regulators and experts in the field.
Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains a quality management system relative to the technical evaluation and improvement of services in relation to physician and patient care requirements. Documents all significant activities and recommends corrective action as necessary.
• Facilitates compliance with all federal, state, local, TJC, CAP, CLSI, and other multi-disciplinary, hospital regulations, policies and procedures. Reports significant events to NMH management and Medical Directors as required.
• Plans and facilitates departmental preparations for accreditation inspections. Responsible for inspections related to quality assurance, compliance and general laboratory policy and practice.
• Reviews and catalogs departmental incident reports, non-conformances and critical incident reports. Prepares regular reports regarding tracking and trending of quality issues, and presents the findings to appropriate management personnel.
• Provides assistance to senior staff in analysis and corrective action plan development in response to incidents.
• Orients, trains and oversees activities of senior staff responsible for laboratory and departmental document control.
• Serves as, or works in cooperation with, the department primary Safety and Emergency Management Officer, and/or the laboratory liaison with NMH Safety, Emergency Management and Environment of Care departments.
• Orients, trains and oversees activities of the departmental Safety Officers to ensure compliance with hospital and regulatory agency requirements.
• Provides training to departmental staff on quality, compliance and safety issues.
• Authors and maintains their respective Laboratory Quality Plan, as required by applicable regulatory agencies.
• Develops agendas and creates meeting minutes for department and hospital quality meetings.
• Establishes ongoing quality data collection which enables monitoring of testing systems. Maintains knowledge and…