Lab Care Technician I
Lab Care Technician I
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About Childrens Minnesota
Childrens Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924 Childrens Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals nine primary care clinics multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts in our region Childrens Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top childrens hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit .
Childrens Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy care delivery and promoting diversity equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry.
Department Overview
Position Summary
Performs blood collections in a safe accurate and professional manner on all age groups and degrees of difficulty. Monitors patients for unexpected reactions and responds to emergency situations as required. Identifies troubleshoots and resolves problems. Provides a variety of other services including but not limited to answering the telephone customer service scanning manual orders glucose tolerance collection sweat chloride collection and waived laboratory testing. Responsible for specimen receipt assessment and pre-analytical processing services per written policies and procedures. Enters information and test orders into the laboratory computer system. Interacts with all patients their families and employees in a pleasant efficient and cooperative manner exhibiting sensitivity to cultural differences.
Monday-Friday: 0900-1730
Both Mpls and St. Paul Campuses
No weekends and no holidays
*Phlebotomy certificate/license is not required but preferred.
Education:
Required:
*High school diploma or equivalent required; Associate degree preferred.
Experience:
Preferred:
*Experience as a phlebotomist or specimen processing tech in a hospital setting.
*1-year pediatric phlebotomy experience and/or one year of experience in a pediatric clinical laboratory setting and/or graduation from an accredited medical assistant or phlebotomy program.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
*Collects specimens using knowledge of laboratory techniques.
*Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
*Ability to work in a fast paced environment to meet established turnaround times.
*Possesses outstanding professional and positive customer service skills.
*Must have excellent problem solving and follow-up skills.
*Experience with healthcare computer information systems.
*Solid knowledge of medical terminology.
*Must be highly organized efficient and multifunctional work independently and within a team.
*Demonstrates forward thinking approach continually looking for ways to improve processes tools and resources to best serve the healthcare team and clients.
*Ability to manage challenging situations in providing services to patients and families.
*Ability to adapt learn new skills communicate effectively and cope with stressful work situations.
The posted salary represents a market competitive range based on salary survey benchmark data for similar roles in the local or national market. When determining individual pay rates we carefully consider a wide range of factors including but not limited to market indicators for the specific role the skills education training credentials and experience of the candidate internal equity and organizational needs.
In addition to your salary this position may be eligible for medical dental vision retirement and other fringe benefits. Positions that require night weekend or on-call work may be eligible for shift differentials or premium pay.
All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of an occupational health assessment drug screen background investigation and compliance with the U.S. Government Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification.
Childrens Minnesota is proud to be an equal opportunity employer whose staff is representative of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race color creed sex religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information gender identity or expression age veteran status disability pregnancy citizenship status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
