Technical Consultant Competency
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Hello All! I am new to my role as a Technical Consultant in the POC setting. As I am reading and gaining new knowledge as to the requirements of my position and the responsibilities I now have I am questioning if competency is necessary for myself for the testing I am training others on in order to perform patient testing. Good laboratory practice would have performing and tracking competency for myself. Training records seem necessary because although I have 10+ years of laboratory bench work in a clinical setting the instrumentation used in POC is different. However, when reviewing the 6 methods used to assess competency I would immediately fail 1) Direct observation of patient testing and 2) Monitoring result reporting. I no longer perform patient testing and therefore am no longer entering patient results. Where does the POC community stand on competency for POC partners?
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It has been my experience that Competency testing for a Technical
Consultant is not required. We are now TJC inspected and the inspector
asked me for my Diploma but she indicated that is not required for me to be
observed/tested in the usual manner like an operator. I don't report
patient results as the POCC; the inspector said that I am deemed competent
by the Letter of Delegation from the Medical Director. We were TJC
inspected three weeks ago and it held true.
Wishing you luck in this new role, Michael!