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We’re a physician-led, patient-centric network committed to simplifying health care and bringing a more connected kind of care.

Our primary, multispecialty, and urgent care providers serve millions of patients in traditional practices, patients' homes and virtually through VillageMD and our operating companies Village Medical, Village Medical at Home, Summit Health, CityMD, and Starling Physicians.

When you join our team, you become part of a compassionate community of people who work hard every day to make health care better for all. We are innovating value-based care and leveraging integrated applications, population insights and staffing expertise to ensure all patients have access to high-quality, connected care services that provide better outcomes at a reduced total cost of care.

Job Description

Summit Health is hiring a full-time Medical Technologist, POCT Coordinator/Trainer to join our Clinical Lab team in New Jersey!

Essential Job functions:

• Designs, implements, evaluates, and revises continuing education programs for all departments that perform Point of Care testing (POCT).
• Assists Clinical Manager of Staff Development and Education with the planning, development, and implementation of orientation curriculum for new clinical service employees and clinical education programs for all employees who perform POCT.
• Serves as instructor for orientation and educational programs for all employees who perform POCT.
• Ensures all staff maintains valid, current competencies as required by Summit Medical Group and regulatory agencies for POCT.
• Develops policies and procedures, proposals, curricula, course documentation, course handouts and or modules for a variety of staff with diversity in education/clinical levels with assistance with Clinical Manager of Staff Development and Education.
• Helps identify office processes for employees who perform POCT. Notifies responsible manager/office supervisor and Clinical Manager of Staff Development and Education to ensure employee retraining if determined to be necessary.
• Evaluates orientation and training programs. Identifies changes needed for improvement with input from Clinical Manager of Staff Development and Education. Continuously updates all classes to ensure training remains current.
• Develops competency-enhancing curricula and provides internal education relating to POCT.
• Conducts competency review for phlebotomy and POCT with all new hires and then annually.
• Ensures annual compliance with regulatory agencies regarding procedures, validations, and Proficiency Testing in all applicable departments.
• Excellent organization, communication, and interpersonal skills, and interact effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Work effectively in fast paced environment with multiple priorities.
• Innovative, creative thinking skills to ensure the organization is providing a cutting-edge client experience.
• Understanding of clinical operations as well as policies and procedures/
• Maintains annual competencies, as required by regulatory agencies required.
• Previous experience in staff development and the education and training of health care professionals required.

General Job functions:

• Performs various clerical duties such as faxing, photocopying, scanning, filing and mailings.
• Demonstrates flexibility with various work schedules, covers for other staff when asked including other office locations.
• Demonstrates the ability to adequately follow downtime procedures.
• Other job duties as required.

Physical Job Requirements

• Endurance (e.g. continuous typing, prolonged standing/bending, walking lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling)
• Work requires sitting, standing, and / or walking for periods of up to eight hours.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers
• Physical strength to lift heavy objects, carts, or items, taking frequency and weight into consideration.
• The normal performance of duties may require lifting and carrying objects: Objects 1 to 10 pounds.
• Physical mobility, which includes movement from place to place on the job, taking distance and speed into account.
• Balance