Newborn Screening Laboratory Quality

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Job Category:Academic Staff Employment Type:Regular Job Profile:Laboratory Quality Assurance Specialist Job Summary: The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) is the state's public and environmental health laboratory. As part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the WSLH is committed to exploring new ideas which benefit the state, the nation and the world. Join our vital public health mission as a full-time, on-site Laboratory Quality Assurance Specialist for the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Program. The primary role of this position is to assist the Director and Assistant Director of Newborn Screening by ensuring accuracy, compliance, and safety for the newborn screening testing conducted at the WSLH. This role focuses on maintaining quality control, upholding regulatory requirements, and driving process improvements through various newborn screening-related inspection, auditing and quality assurance capacities, including review and maintenance of training records, standard operating procedures and other laboratory records to ensure compliance with policy and regulatory requirements (including but not limited to CAP, CLIA, and HIPAA). In addition, this position will play an active role in the laboratory's proficiency testing activities and supports routine short-term follow-up activities that are related to specimen quality and NBS timeliness as part of the overall newborn screening laboratory quality assurance program. Additional key responsibilities of this position include: review of data, application of statistical analysis tools, monitoring of trends, preparing reports, training staff on quality and safety, leading unit audits and risk assessment activities, leading projects to ensure quality and consistency. This position performs under the general supervisionof the Assistant Director of Newborn Screening. Duties for this position are performed onsite at the WSLH Henry Mall location. Routine work hours are 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday-Friday. Rotational Holidays and weekends... For full info follow application link. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/ ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/B8E66155483543E4