Personnel Qualifications and Performance Evaluation

Continuing Education Credits

• P.A.C.E.® Contact Hours: 1 hour(s)
• Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Science CE Credit Hours -
  Supervision/Administration, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, and Safety: 1 hour(s)

Objectives

• State the CLIA personnel qualifications for individual laboratory personnel as outlined by the regulations.
• Determine the acceptability of an individual to serve in a role(s) when provided with specific qualifications.
• Differentiate CLIA personnel requirements for high and moderate complexity testing.
• Outline contents of an appropriate job description and recommended provision to an employee.
• Discuss the performance evaluation process, including recommended components.

Course Outline

• Job Description
• Purpose of A Job Description
• The human resources director recommends using the job description to assist with directing the hiring process. A new manager is hiring some testing pe...
• Template for a Job Description
• Template for a Job Description, continued
• Match the job description template section to the item to be included in the job description
• The human resources department is revising the job description template for the laboratory. On a conference call with the laboratory manager, the huma...
• Implementation and Maintenance of Job Descriptions
• Implementation and Maintenance of Job Descriptions, continued
• As a part of the hiring process for a laboratory assistant to serve as a specimen processing tech, the human resources staff obtains the most recent j...
• The laboratory manager is reviewing personnel folders for compliance. She notes that some job descriptions contain one signature, some contain multipl...
• Personnel Requirements
• Organizational Structure
• Organizational Structure, continued
• True or False: Each employee who serves in a position or role required by CLIA must be present on site whenever patient testing is in progress.
• One medical laboratory scientist (MLS) who is qualified to be a general supervisor continues to serve in a testing personnel position and does not app...
• Regulatory Requirements for Laboratory Personnel as Defined by CLIA
• Regulatory Requirements for Laboratory Personnel as Defined by CLIA, continued
• In determining personnel requirements for a new laboratory, which of the following types of testing will not have personnel requirements as defined by...
• Differentiate Personnel Required for Moderate and High Complexity Laboratories
• True or False: A technical consultant and a technical supervisor are required for high complexity testing.
• Laboratory Director
• Laboratory Directors of Moderate and High Complexity Laboratories Qualifications
• A physician's office laboratory is planning an upgrade from moderate to high complexity to perform clinical chemistry testing. The laboratory director...
• The laboratory director of a moderate complexity laboratory is retiring. Which of the following current personnel would be qualified to serve as labor...
• True or False: An individual with a bachelor's degree in microbiology could never qualify to be a laboratory director of a moderate complexity laborat...
• True or False: The laboratory director may not delegate any responsibilities to the general supervisor.
• Technical Consultant Qualifications
• Technical Consultant Qualifications
• The local hospital has several satellite sites. Which of the following complexity levels of satellite sites would require naming a technical consultan...
• True or False: An MD who does not possess a current medical license in the state in which the laboratory is located may not serve as a technical consu...
• The laboratory director is interviewing current employees to select someone who can serve as a technical consultant. Which one of the following respon...
• Clinical Consultant Qualifications
• Clinical Consultant Qualifications
• True or False: An individual with a bachelor's degree or master's degree in clinical chemistry or microbiology can serve as a clinical consultant.
• An acute care hospital in a rural location has hired a clinical consultant, laboratory director, and technical consultant who are not on site at all t...
• Technical Supervisor Qualifications
• Technical Supervisor Qualifications
• A high complexity hospital laboratory must replace the technical supervisor for clinical chemistry. Management has posted the job and received applica...
• General Supervisor Qualifications
• General Supervisor Qualifications
• A laboratory recently upgraded to high complexity and is interviewing candidates for the general supervisor position. Which of the following applicant...
• Testing Personnel Qualifications
• Testing Personnel Qualifications for Moderate and High Complexity Testing
• The laboratory manager of a high complexity laboratory is selecting candidates to be interviewed for entry-level testing personnel positions. Which of...
• Personnel Evaluation Process
• Introduction to Performance Evaluation
• The laboratory director of a new laboratory is working to develop a performance evaluation form. Where can the director find the specific expectations...
• Performance evaluations are completed by management personnel as part of the responsibilities of the position. In any work setting, which employees wi...
• Performance Evaluation Process
• References
• References

Additional Information

Level of Instruction: Intermediate