About the role
Medical Lead, Transfusion Medicine 100-2553
The Medical Lead, Transfusion Medicine (TM) is a co-leadership position with operational decision-making responsibilities. In conjunction with departmental Operations Directors and Managers, the Medical Lead works proactively to enhance teamwork (including collaboration between physicians and staff), ensure safe transfusion practices and facilitate continuous quality improvement of TM services islandwide. This position reports to the Medical Director of Laboratory Medicine.
Main Responsibilities
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Leadership & Oversight Responsibilities
- Co-leads activities to ensure physicians and staff work collaboratively to monitor and improve service delivery.
- Provides medical leadership, approval and oversight for all TM clinical and technical processes, policies and procedures.
- Provides medical oversight, guidance, and approval of TM-related test/analyzer implementation, test utilization strategies and laboratory workflow optimization.
- Provides medical oversight for TM Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and other equipment- and contract-planning processes.
- Acts as a liaison with appropriate Division Heads and Chiefs of Staff on physician governance and professional practice matters.
- Ensures alignment of TM activities and documents with national and provincial regulations and standards (e.g., CSA, CSTM, DAP).
- Participates in, or designates a physician to participate in, all transfusion committee meetings, all TMAG meetings, and all relevant Emergency Blood Management Committee meetings.
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Operations & Quality
- Implements and monitors quality management systems for TM, including emergency and disaster plans and contingency plans for blood shortages.
- Ensures that policies, processes, and procedures related to the care and safety of transfusion recipients are developed, approved, and maintained.
- Leads or supports investigations of PSLS, PCQO or other patient safety events relevant to transfusion practices.
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Change Management
- Acts as a change management champion to engage and support physicians and staff during transformation initiatives within TM.
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Informatics
- Leads initiatives that optimize technology and data utilization (e.g., EHR) in collaboration with the Health Authority’s Informatics and Quality Improvement teams.
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Planning
- Assesses, anticipates, and advocates for TM resource needs—equipment, human resources, and infrastructure—within budgetary constraints and long-term service planning frameworks.
About Island Health
Island Health operates primary care clinics in Anacortes and on Orcas Island, and serves patients across three counties (Skagit, Island and San Juan). Our specialty services are extensive and rapidly adapting to meet the needs of our community. At Island Health, our patients are cared for by dedicated medical professionals who live and work in the community. We are a small but mighty health system, renowned for our holistic approach to patient care where our healthcare professionals treat our patients with compassion and respect. As a 5-star rated Medicare hospital and a top 100 rural hospital in the United States, patients can expect the highest quality of care where they actively participate in their healthcare planning and goal-setting.
Island Health is a Public Hospital District (Skagit County PHD No. 2) governed by a board of five commissioners whose boundaries include Fidalgo, Cypress, Guemes and Sinclair islands.
Island Health provides an innovative and growing environment for our employees to further their careers, and as a 43-bed hospital we provide a range of services and exceptional quality of care typically found in a larger facility including cancer care: physical, occupational and speech therapy; wound care; sleep wellness; psychiatry and behavioral services; family practice and specialty clinics; and much more.
Located in Anacortes, Washington, a vibrant seaside community focused on wellness, residents enjoy the exceptional quality of life the region offers including excellent schools, abundant recreational activities, and a community for artists.
To experience the culture of Anacortes, please visit: www.anacortes.org.
Island Health is your destination for opportunity and we are always recruiting. Please visit our careers page to learn more about our current positions, www.islandhealth.org/careers.
About the role
Medical Lead, Transfusion Medicine 100-2553
The Medical Lead, Transfusion Medicine (TM) is a co-leadership position with operational decision-making responsibilities. In conjunction with departmental Operations Directors and Managers, the Medical Lead works proactively to enhance teamwork (including collaboration between physicians and staff), ensure safe transfusion practices and facilitate continuous quality improvement of TM services islandwide. This position reports to the Medical Director of Laboratory Medicine.
Main Responsibilities
-
Leadership & Oversight Responsibilities
- Co-leads activities to ensure physicians and staff work collaboratively to monitor and improve service delivery.
- Provides medical leadership, approval and oversight for all TM clinical and technical processes, policies and procedures.
- Provides medical oversight, guidance, and approval of TM-related test/analyzer implementation, test utilization strategies and laboratory workflow optimization.
- Provides medical oversight for TM Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and other equipment- and contract-planning processes.
- Acts as a liaison with appropriate Division Heads and Chiefs of Staff on physician governance and professional practice matters.
- Ensures alignment of TM activities and documents with national and provincial regulations and standards (e.g., CSA, CSTM, DAP).
- Participates in, or designates a physician to participate in, all transfusion committee meetings, all TMAG meetings, and all relevant Emergency Blood Management Committee meetings.
-
Operations & Quality
- Implements and monitors quality management systems for TM, including emergency and disaster plans and contingency plans for blood shortages.
- Ensures that policies, processes, and procedures related to the care and safety of transfusion recipients are developed, approved, and maintained.
- Leads or supports investigations of PSLS, PCQO or other patient safety events relevant to transfusion practices.
-
Change Management
- Acts as a change management champion to engage and support physicians and staff during transformation initiatives within TM.
-
Informatics
- Leads initiatives that optimize technology and data utilization (e.g., EHR) in collaboration with the Health Authority’s Informatics and Quality Improvement teams.
-
Planning
- Assesses, anticipates, and advocates for TM resource needs—equipment, human resources, and infrastructure—within budgetary constraints and long-term service planning frameworks.
About Island Health
Island Health operates primary care clinics in Anacortes and on Orcas Island, and serves patients across three counties (Skagit, Island and San Juan). Our specialty services are extensive and rapidly adapting to meet the needs of our community. At Island Health, our patients are cared for by dedicated medical professionals who live and work in the community. We are a small but mighty health system, renowned for our holistic approach to patient care where our healthcare professionals treat our patients with compassion and respect. As a 5-star rated Medicare hospital and a top 100 rural hospital in the United States, patients can expect the highest quality of care where they actively participate in their healthcare planning and goal-setting.
Island Health is a Public Hospital District (Skagit County PHD No. 2) governed by a board of five commissioners whose boundaries include Fidalgo, Cypress, Guemes and Sinclair islands.
Island Health provides an innovative and growing environment for our employees to further their careers, and as a 43-bed hospital we provide a range of services and exceptional quality of care typically found in a larger facility including cancer care: physical, occupational and speech therapy; wound care; sleep wellness; psychiatry and behavioral services; family practice and specialty clinics; and much more.
Located in Anacortes, Washington, a vibrant seaside community focused on wellness, residents enjoy the exceptional quality of life the region offers including excellent schools, abundant recreational activities, and a community for artists.
To experience the culture of Anacortes, please visit: www.anacortes.org.
Island Health is your destination for opportunity and we are always recruiting. Please visit our careers page to learn more about our current positions, www.islandhealth.org/careers.