Technical Consultant- moderately complex testing

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Question: Now that some time has passed since implementation, How is everyone handling the Technical Consultant situation?
Is transcript review an option at your location?
Does the POC cover the moderately complex competencies? 
How often do training sessions happen, and with how many in attendance?
How do you handle the sign-in process?
How about training the overnight staff?

Many of our grandfathered TCs have retired, and it is time for my institution to pivot.  Thanks in advance for the information/advice
Tilly

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I am still new as a POCC, but here is how I can answer: 

1. Transcript review is very difficult at my location, especially outside of the laboratory. 
2. At this moment, I am the only one who is covering the complex competencies to make sure we are meeting the requirement. Once I am able to actually look at the floor staff and see who my best candidates will be, that is when I can work with them for transcript review/license review and recommended them for the TC designation to my medical director. 
3. Right now, we are implementing new POCT, so for the moderate, I am doing daily 3-hour blocks of training. Then will do the required intervals after that. 
4. What do you mean by sign-in process? Sign-in for the devices - would be badge scanning controlled by Telcor. So if the user is outside their competency window, they are not able to scan their own badge. If you mean sign-in for the training, I use their training documents and then have a spreadsheet that shows the day the completed the training, and when their next competency is due. Since the training documents require the users signature, I have that information readily available. 
5. I work 0600-1500 Monday through Friday, and the night shift ends at 0700, so they are either coming to me in the lab or I go to the floors after shift handoff. 

Thanks for your response Aimee.  Sign in meaning how do you know who is coming to the training?  Making sure that too many don't come at once and allowing to give access to those who have expired in the various devices.  {some of our devices like GEM100 and Istat require a little manipulation before the IDs are recognized}

How many operators are you training?  We have most of our operators (~590) on 3 platforms (ABL90, Istat and GEM100 hemochron), we also have TEG6s, VNow and Hepcon (this is about 30 operators total).

Our Nursing leadership is very much opposed to transcript evaluation, but I will still try to implement this as part of our overall plan.

We have used Sign Up Genius for staff to sign up for training, that way we determine the number of training slots available. Now we use Microsoft Bookings.  We also have a training ID set up in our middleware and we have them scan that for access to the device for training.

Thanks Kristine:   Our Nursing Professional Development leaders have suggested Bookings.  I assume we can limit how many can sign up at a time.  
As for the training ID, we prefer that they use their own so we can always verify the training in RALS.  We also have a training ID available.

POCC here, have been doing it a while.
I set up 4 different SignUp genius signup sheets: NOVA glucometer, iSTAT, GEM7000, ChemSTAT. On my monthly reviews when i realize who needs to get signed off where, i activate that sheet create time slots and send the link to the managers and educators to have their staff sign up.
I do one night shift session a month at 0600 for the night shifters to sign up and come get recertified. Additionally i have once a week Tuesday morning 10-12 walk in hours for NOVA training. everyone already knows this has been an established schedule and generally doesn't try to randomly walk in on me. people who's schedules absolutely do not meet any of the training sessions will have to schedule with me individually.
If you don't establish a routine system it'll be a mad house chaos. Also for your mod complexity try to do one department/unit/floor per month, not all at once.

Thank you Maral- I appreciate this information, and really like the monthly unit-wide moderately complex training.
My goal is to continue the Train-the -Trainer model for waived tests (within the hospital and ancillary clinics), then use a scheduling tool for sign-up.
Nursing Professional Development will assist with the scheduling.  This forum is such a great resource.
Thanks to everyone!
Tilly

Hi, staff can book appointments with me via our intranet point of care website or through the link in my email I send out monthly.  They can arrange a time directly with me of none of the time slots for their schedule. Expired users are locked out of the device.

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