The Biochemistry Senior Registrar-Laboratory has responsibility within the Biochemistry section of the laboratory for providing and reporting a range of advanced, complex scientific biochemical investigations, and provide a clinical advisory service to medical and nursing staff in the acute and primary care divisions on the investigation, diagnosis and treatment of patients.

1. Provide a highly specialist clinical/technical Biochemistry service.

2. Independently discuss, and provide specialist advice to clinicians, on the complex specialist interpretation of all biochemistry tests including the selection, performance and interpretation of clinically relevant tests. Advise on differential diagnoses, monitoring, treatment and therapy changes when required.

3. Contribute significantly to quality improvement processes within the department. This will include responsibility for monitoring and ensuring compliance with laboratory accreditation standards, health and safety legislation, liaison with service users (including complaints) and managing errors and clinical incidents with defined corrective action plan.

4. Have responsibility for the introduction of new tests/services and the development of associated policies and the management of their implementation.

5. Provide relevant teaching and training to laboratory staff.

6. Attend and participate in departmental committees to discuss matters pertinent to the operation of the department.

7. Ensure that their work practice ensures that laboratory financial resources are managed effectively.

8. Provide day-to-day guidance over their specialist sections in the laboratory.

9. Ensure areas of responsibility operate safely

10. Evaluate and implement new analytical methods.

11. Be involved in the selection of new equipment. Advise on the procurement of analyzers and Point of Care equipment.

12. Have responsibility for the quality, to nationally accepted standards of the service provided within the Clinical Biochemistry Department, including participation in appropriate internal, and international quality control and assessment schemes.

13. Have a detailed knowledge of analytical methods, in order to identify and resolve complex analytical problems.

14. Contribute to the evaluation and implementation of recent developments in clinical biochemistry and ensure the service provides evidence based good practice.

15. Analyze laboratory data using statistical packages and produce appropriate reports

16. Work within the health and safety policies operating within the department and ensure that they are carried out to maintain a safe working environment for employees and visitors.

17. Possess broad ranging detailed knowledge of all equipment, technology and methods used within the biochemistry department.

18. Take responsibility for the daily operation, training and the performance quality of highly specialised laboratory investigations and instrumentation within specialist area including Clinical Incident reports.

19. Interprets & correlates laboratory data for diagnosis & patient management & verifies that appropriate action is taken based on findings.

20. To ensure quality control and quality assurance in day to day testing and reporting, Evaluation of daily QC, LJ charts, calibrations and overview of daily logs.

21. Validation and interpretation of patient laboratory tests for screening, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of disease processes. This is done before the results are issued to requesting clinicians. Interpretative comments are also added to report forms.

22. Liaises with other departments, physicians and administration as appropriate, to collaborate in patient care activities.

23. Ensures that Ministry of Health rules and regulations, Accreditation Canada, Joint Commission International (JCI) standards related to the Clinical Chemistry section are implemented.

24. Participates in review and update of policy & procedures manuals for the section.

Performs all other additional assignments as requested by the Clinical Director.