Apheresis Quality Manager – Stanford Cancer Center Palo Alto

2 months ago


Palo Alto, California, United States Stanford Health Care Full time

If you're ready to be part of our legacy of hope and innovation, we encourage you to take the first step and explore our current job openings. Your best is waiting to be discovered.

Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)Join our team of dedicated professionals and transform your nursing practice

Stanford Nurses are recognized as bold leaders, compassionate healers, educators, and mentors, providing the highest standards of excellence in care while generating long-term impressions that continue to set SHC apart as the best place to work and thrive. Stanford Nursing offers a wide array of career advancement opportunities, access to the latest technologies and health care innovations, and boasts a workplace culture that encourages personal growth and work-life balance, while honoring its commitment to delivering evidence-based and patient-centered care.

ANCC Magnet Designation: The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Model provides a framework for clinical, operational, and leadership practice, serving as a roadmap for Stanford Nursing's ongoing pursuit toward nursing excellence.

Watson Caring Science: Beginning in 2007, SHC embraced Jean Watson's transformative "Caring Science" theory of human caring and love. This intertwining of "Caring Science" with nursing practice translates into increased intentionality and a deepening of authentic presence; thereby renewing nurse relationships through universal, ethical, and person-centered care.

Department Description:
The Stanford Apheresis unit is a comprehensive specialized procedural service providing complex care to both Stanford Health Care (SHC) and Lucile Packard Children's hospital (LPCH) in-patient and outpatient populations. Three dedicated medical directors assist the unit in providing services to multiple medical groups to include Neurology, Renal, Bone Marrow Transplant, Dermatology, Hematology/Oncology, Cardiology, Heart and Lung Transplant to name a few.

Why Apheresis at Stanford Health Care:

• Unique and highly specialized field in medicine.

• Cutting edge and innovative procedures and treatments for other types of illnesses or diseases.

• Ever-changing, cutting-edge technology, clinical trials, studies in stem cell therapy and CAR-T.

Benefits
Our core benefits include medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, an employee assistance program, savings and spending accounts, disability, life and accident insurance, and COBRA. For medical insurance, you have the choice of three generous health plans through Stanford Health Care Alliance, Aetna, or Kaiser Permanente. Each plan includes 100% coverage for preventive care, telemedicine through Teledoc, prescription drug coverage, and behavioral health coverage. Additional incentives exist for healthy choices. And so much more – Generous Leave & Time Off, Wellness Program, Special Programs, Educational Assistance, and Adoption Assistance

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
Develops and maintains the Quality Management Plan for the Apheresis Program that is compliant with all regulatory agencies including, Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), American Association of Blood Banks, Department of Health and Safety, The Joint Commission and Stanford Health Care policies and procedures.

What you will do

  • Oversees standard work being created in regards to Apheresis clinical trials and cellular therapy.
  • Develops, implements and monitors compliance with standard operating procedures covering all critical aspects of the Apheresis Program.
  • Generates recommendations to address deficiencies in compliance with applicable regulations.
  • Serves as the main SHC contact for all regulatory surveys.
  • Serves as the educator for new staff and directs training for all new and current employees.
  • Ensures that all equipment maintenance and repairs are current and ongoing, working with Biomedical Engineering to ensure equipment maintenance is current and repairs are carried out in a timely manner.
  • Monitors, audits and updates regulatory requirements, including but not limited to Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP).
  • Serves as point person for transitioning paper based orders to EPIC.


Education Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from an accredited academic institute


Experience Qualifications

  • Five (5) to seven (7) years in a healthcare related field
  • Five (5) years comprehensive/complex Apheresis RN experience.
  • Minimum three (3) years experience in oncology and bone marrow transplantation.


Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Working knowledge of JCAHO and FACT requirements.
  • Demonstrated experience developing and writing Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Demonstrated strong project management skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent computer skills (excel and word) and strong analytic abilities.
  • Working knowledge of software applications commonly used at SHC.
  • Previous experience in managing process improvement efforts and change implementation.


Licenses and Certifications

  • RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure And/Or Compact State Licensure


These principles apply to ALL employees:
SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience
Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford's patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family's perspective:

  • Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
  • Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
  • Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

#LI-BS1

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $ $90.62 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.



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