Senior Informatics Technical Specialist - Remote - Nationwide Travel - (necessity to reside on the East Coast or ability to relocate)

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Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we’re working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges. 

The Senior Informatics Technical Specialist will be Beckman Coulter’s front-line contact with customers in delivering a software product that bridges laboratories' information systems and their analytical instrumentation and fills key gaps in data management functionality by using expert decision logic to facilitate the management of samples and the delivery of results. The position has consulting and implementation responsibilities. The Specialists will interact with customers' laboratory and IT personnel to craft effective solutions, perform installation and integration work to facilitate highly automated laboratory operations, and provide customized consulting services to ensure ongoing customer satisfaction.

This position is part of the Informatics Team and will be fully remote with a mixture of home office and onsite work.  At Beckman Coulter, our vision is to relentlessly reimagine healthcare, one diagnosis at a time.

You will be a part of the Informatics Specialists Team and report to the Informatics Area Manager responsible for planning the installation of our Informatics products throughout the area.  If you thrive in a challenging, fast-paced, and independent role and want to work to build a world-class Informatics Technical organization—read on.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Integrate the automation, informatics, and LIS to accomplish successful communication between all systems and establish successful analyzer, network, and LIS connectivity by writing custom algorithms that modify the informatics software accordingly.

• Define and communicate critical gaps and potential design improvements to the integration process while serving as project leader directing and executing all laboratory informatics implementation activities.

• Integrate the third-party hardware, consisting of PC workstations and servers which operate the informatics software, while managing and supporting customer satisfaction to sustain the growth of business.

The essential requirements of the job include:   

• Associate degree in science, IT, or medical technology plus 3+ years of related experience in a clinical lab environment or with a clinical LIS.

• Must be able to travel 85% of the time to client sites.

• Currently hold a valid driver’s license and clean driving record for the last 3 years.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• This position requires flying and/or driving travel, which may potentially include up to 85% overnight stays.  Travel will primarily be domestic but may occasionally be international.
• Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
• Ability to regularly lift, move, slide, raise and/or place up to 50lbs.  Ability to stand, walk (prolonged), and sit; squat and kneel, ascend and descend stairs; reach with hands and arms.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Bachelor’s degree in science or preferably Medical Technology in with experience in a laboratory environment preferred.

• Proven experience managing personal schedules and travels, company assets, and expenses within given guidelines.

• Laboratory workflow and operations with a background as a medical technologist being ideal. (use of Beckman Coulter instrumentation systems during that time a bonus!)

• Programming, networking, databases, and/or LIS implementation/development.

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