Full-Time
Technical Specialist
Laboratory
SSM Health
11-50 employees
Operates hospitals, clinics, and health plans
No salary listed
St. Louis, MO, USA
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Associate's
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- An Associate's degree or equivalent combination of experience and education.
- Three years of technical experience in a laboratory setting.
- One of the listed professional laboratory licenses or certifications, including an applicable Blood Bank, Chemistry, Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Medical Laboratory Scientist, Medical Laboratory Technician, Medical Technologist, or other accepted state or American Society for Clinical Pathology credential.
- Ability to frequently lift, carry, push, and pull objects weighing 0–25 pounds and occasionally handle objects weighing 25–50 pounds.
- Ability to perform frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching, and repetitive foot, leg, hand, and arm movements.
- Ability to use near and distance vision and distinguish colors.
- Ability to hear alarms and malfunctioning machinery and communicate information orally.
- Frequent keyboard use and data entry; occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, and gripping; and rare climbing.
- Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
- Ensure compliance with technical-component requirements and practices mandated by regulatory and accrediting agencies.
- Verify test procedures and enroll in an approved proficiency-testing program.
- Resolve technical problems and ensure accurate reporting and properly functioning systems.
- Assist in evaluating individual competencies and ensure personnel performing test procedures maintain competency.
- Perform and manage quality-control testing to monitor instrument operation, recognize trends, apply quality-control rules, and initiate troubleshooting.
- Update policies and procedure manuals in areas of responsibility.
- Participate in performance-improvement activities and monitor staff compliance, reporting noncompliance to the appropriate leader.
- Participate in meetings with peer laboratory sections in the region to enhance testing quality and maintain standardization.
- Perform routine and statistical analyses as needed to provide accurate and timely results in a 24/7 laboratory operation.
- Perform special analyses and specimen processing as needed.
- Assist leadership on projects of medium to high complexity and size.
- Assist with the laboratory proficiency-testing program.
- Perform other assigned duties.
SSM Health is a Catholic, not‑for‑profit integrated health system serving the Midwest. It runs 23 hospitals, 490+ physician offices and outpatient centers, plus virtual and post‑acute care, as well as a health plan, a pharmacy benefit manager, and an accountable care organization. It coordinates care across the full continuum—from physician clinics to hospital care—while serving the uninsured and Medicaid populations and pursuing clinical research in oncology, pediatrics, and cardiovascular health. Its goal is to improve population health through coordinated, accessible care and expanded behavioral health access within a diversified, faith‑based nonprofit framework.
Company Size
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- 2025 operating income reached $148.5 million after 2024's $70 million loss.
- Q1 2026 operating income rose to $7.1 million on $3.3 billion revenue.
- July 2025 Verona outpatient center opens September 2026, expanding Wisconsin outpatient access.
What critics are saying
- June 2026 DOJ settlement hit SLU Hospital pharmacy for waived copays and whistleblower claims.
- SSM's Q1 2026 operating margin stayed only 0.2%, leaving no shock absorber.
- St. Louis University Hospital drives roughly 80% of nurse contract labor, concentrating staffing risk.
What makes SSM Health unique
- Catholic mission and Midwest footprint unify 23 hospitals across four states.
- SSM Health runs hospitals, insurance, PBM, and an ACO under one system.
- Saint Louis University partnership strengthens oncology, pediatrics, and cardiovascular research.
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