Laboratory Field Implementation Specialist

Field Implementation Specialist

18-36 month contract

This position requires up to 95% travel Monday through Friday (all expenses reimbursed weekly)

Pay Rate: $45/hr (non negotiable)

The Field Implementation Specialist is an entry-level, national position that serves as the primary liaison representative providing post-sales customer support during the installation, implementation, and training of clinical chemistry and immunoassay analyzers/instruments, such as cobas Pro and cobas 8000, at customer sites.

You will be mentored to provide highly visible, self-supervised, self-directed, and extensive onsite advisory customer support. While some job tasks may be performed remotely, this is a field-based, national role which requires 95% travel to client sites, including overnight travel Mon-Fri every week. Additionally, you will need to currently reside within 50 miles from a major, metropolitan airport in the US since relocation benefits are not provided.

The Opportunity

• Learns and provides entry-level support as the primary liaison/customer support representative throughout each customer implementation
• Validates analyzer installations (check the accuracy of the analyzer)
• Identify training gaps by assessing customers' organizational structure, analyzers/instruments, workflow, and current knowledge/experience
• Develops and delivers training to customers on Roche platforms, processes and expectations, including planning and coordination for implementation
• Provides first-level of support and problem solving of issues that arise for customers during the lifecycle of the solution; refers only the most complex issues to higher levels
• Identifies opportunities for new system consumables for clients (i.e. reagents, primary antibodies, bio-markers, software)
• This is a field based role

Who You Are

• Associate’s degree in Medical Technology, Information Technology, Computer Science, or Clinical Laboratory Sciences
• 3 years previous experience in a clinical laboratory or IT support in a clinical lab environment

Preferences

• ASCP certification
• Ability and willingness to rapidly gain and apply new knowledge, solutions, and skills for Roche chemistry and IT solutions
• Effective customer communication skills (written and verbal), positive attitude, helpful customer interaction, and fostering of strong internal and external customer relationships
• Effective time-management, organization, and prioritization skills
• Ability to work as a field-based individual contributor with independence and autonomy

Pay: $45.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Are you located within 50 miles of a major airport? If so, what airport?
• This position travels locally but may also require a lot of overnight travel Monday through Friday (leave on Mondays, return home on Friday afternoons). Are you comfortable being away from home Monday morning through Friday afternoon as needed?
• This position is an 18 month contract with the potential to extend up to 3 years or convert into a permanent role. Are you comfortable starting with an 18 month contract?
• Do you have at least 3 years experience working as a MLS or MLT?
• Do you have chemistry analyzer validation experience or validation experience on any other analyzer or instrument?

Work Location: Remote

Salary : $45