Lab Care Technician I

About Children’s Minnesota

Children’s 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, Children’s 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, Children’s Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit childrensMN.org.

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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.

Minnetonka Outpatient Lab

0.7 FTE

No weekends and holidays

Hours: 08:30am-5:00pm

DHS Background Study Required? Yes