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
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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