Clinical Lab Coordinator

Trinity Health; Garden City (ID); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Garden City, Idaho, seeks a qualified educator for its laboratory staff. The role involves enhancing the quality of clinical training through collaboration, mentoring, and the development of educational programs. The ideal candidate is a certified medical technologist with substantial experience and a strong commitment to fostering professional growth and effective healthcare delivery.

Benefits

Generous PTO

Comprehensive benefits starting on day one

Retirement planning and matching

Tuition reimbursement and educational opportunities

Qualifications

• Medical Technologist (MT), Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) or equivalent certification required.
• 5+ years of medical technology experience preferred.
• Specialty certification and laboratory education experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with service departments to improve patient flow.
• Promote a learning environment to enhance laboratory skills.
• Maintain records of educational offerings.
• Reflect knowledge, skills, and attitude in educational presentations.
• Facilitate laboratory staff orientation and training.

Skills

Collaboration

Training and mentoring

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in medical technology or related science

Job description

Summary

Collaborates with lab leads, coordinators, supervisors and lab managers to provide educational programs with the goal of enhanced quality of clinical training, quantity of work, professional growth of the staff and the assurance of safe and effective healthcare to patients. Maintains ongoing participation in the effective provision of professional development activities including assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating educational activities according to established standards.

Requirements

• Medical Technologist (MT), Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) or equivalent certification by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) required.
• Specialty certification desirable. Experience in laboratory education desirable. At least 5 years of medical technology, training required.
• Bachelor’s degree with a major in medical technology or related science required
• 3 years of experience in the specialty area desirable.

What you will do

• Collaborate with other service departments as needed to improve patient flow and work processes.
• Promotes a learning environment in a manner that enhances learner’s competence to provide quality laboratory skills and to enhance clinical skills through group activities, classroom lecture presentations, individual instruction or the general use of role model and mentoring concepts. Integrates research, evidence-based practice, and current literature into educational activities.
• Reflects an integration of knowledge, skills, experience and attitude needed to present educational offerings to laboratory staff for enhancement of certification, accreditation, compliance standards and risk management.
• Facilitates participation in the development, attainment and evaluation of Laboratory staff orientation. Provides focused education to specific laboratory departments. Maintains records of educational offerings.
• Maintains own clinical skills and competence related to laboratory practices and staff development. Demonstrates awareness of need for self-growth and pursues personal growth.
• Maintain department employee records at JCAHO and CAP standards. Must possess human relations, communications, and management skills.

Highlights

• When Saint Alphonsus takes care of you, you can take better care of our patients. We foster personal and professional growth and offer opportunities that empower our colleagues to develop their careers. Our belief in work-life balance compliments the natural beauty, diverse landscapes, and outdoor recreation lifestyle that is unique to Idaho and Oregon.
• We offer market-competitive pay, generous PTO, and multiple options for comprehensive benefits that begin on day one.
• Benefits for your future include retirement planning and matching, college savings plans for your family, and multiple life insurance plans that can change as your needs develop.
• We are proud to offer Employee Assistance Programs, tuition reimbursement, and educational opportunities to help you learn and grow.

Visit www.saintalphonsus.org/careers (https://www.saintalphonsus.org/careers/search-openings/details?j=00137722_Speech%20Therapist%20PRN) to learn more!

Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are committed to promoting diversity in its workforce and to providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with fairness, dignity and respect. We are committed to recruit and retain a diverse staff reflective of the communities we serve. Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are equal opportunity employers and prohibit discrimination against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran