_SUMMARY:_

We are currently seeking aLab Technical ServicesCoordinatorto join our team. This full time role will work a rotating schedule between mid-shift and evenings: start times will fluctuate between 9-10 AM AND 2 PM (depending on staffing/scheduling). Includes every other weekend (likely a 10 AM start time on weekends but could fluctuate between 10 AM and 2 PM start times).

*Purpose of this position: *The role of the technical services coordinator is to support a designated section of the laboratory. In this role you must collaboratively work with laboratory teams, organizational laboratory customers, Hennepin Healthcare affiliates and clients to provide an excellent customer experience. Support the mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives of the organization and demonstrate a commitment to quality service to patients, physicians, the public, and co-workers.

_RESPONSIBILITIES:_

Core Laboratory

• Answers incoming phone calls with the expectation to respond appropriately to external and internal customers’ needs/issues without transferring the phone calls to another section of the laboratory. This will require coordination with all sections of the laboratory and may require a return call for resolution
• Call/page all critical values to the provider and complete the documentation of all calls in the electronic health record
• Utilization of the electronic health record and the laboratory information system to efficiently complete add-on test requests, or to confer with the ordering provider if the add-on tests cannot be completed
• Call all specimen rejection problems to the provider, including all affected specimens for that collection period
• Monitors the core lab pending logs and communicates to the technical staff to ensure testing is not delayed
• Operating laboratory equipment as assigned by management after proper training
• Performs administrative support work including, but not limited to, entry of test results into the laboratory information system, assisting with departmental inventory management
• Other duties as assigned for which they have received applicable training and supervisor approval to perform

QUALIFICATIONS:

/Minimum Qualifications:/

• Associate’s degree in arts or science or equivalent

-OR-

• An approved equivalent combination of education and experience

/Preferred Qualifications:/

• One year of experience in the laboratory and
• One year of experience in customer service skills

For Core Laboratory:Certification as Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) ASCP, or a Clinical Laboratory Technician (CLT) NCA

/Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities:/

• Customer Service skills
• Basic Microsoft Office Suite knowledge (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

Title: Lab Technical Services Coordinator

Location: MN-Minneapolis-Downtown Campus

Requisition ID: 242229