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Administrative Coordinator 4

The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.

Play a vital role in protecting community health as an Administrative Coordinator 4 in a public health laboratory. As a key member of the Accessioning and Receiving team, you'll support life-saving newborn screening efforts, manage clinical sample intake and data entry, coordinate with statewide courier services, and help ensure laboratories have the supplies they need to operate smoothly. This fast-paced position offers meaningful, behind-the-scenes impact on critical public health services and is ideal for a detail-oriented professional who thrives in an essential support role.

An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies:

• Accepting Direction: The ability to be open and willing to follow guidance or instructions.
• Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
• Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to follow, reinforce, adapt, or develop policies and procedures to maintain compliance with federal and state legal requirements, State Civil Service rules, and organizational policies.
• Managing Resources: The ability to manage financial, physical, and contractual resources to ensure compliance and maximize business value.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Three years of experience in administrative services.
• EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION: Every 15 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as six months of experience.

Job Duties and Other Information:

• Coordinates the daily operations of statewide laboratory courier used for the transport of environmental and clinical samples. This includes reconciling daily courier logs and ensuring sample integrity and sample count. Communicate with the courier dispatch to resolve sample transport issues, track the origin of the issue and initiate an investigation for timely resolution.
• Maintain an adequate supply of the data loggers, Active Transport coolers, thermometers and ensures their certificates are valid and in compliance. Maintain the driver audits for accreditation compliance.
• Procure goods for the OPH Lab Support Services Department in accordance with state procurement rules and regulations. Receives submitter supply order forms, gathers requested supplies and prepares items for shipping to the submitter.
• Receive and intake Clinical samples submitted from various state-wide submitters and Public Health units in accordance with the Lab SOP into the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and maintain accreditation compliance.

Location: Office of Public Health / Central Laboratory / East Baton Rouge Parish

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as a Probationary appointment or Promotional appointment

Cost Center: 326#######

Position Number(s): 136025

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

Shambrielle Pooler

...@la.gov

LA Department of Health (LDH) Division of Human Resources PO Box 4818 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 225-###-####

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LDH is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to recruit a highly productive and diverse workforce and will provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and prospective employees. Employment decisions shall be based strictly on merit and without regard to religious or political beliefs, sex, race, or any other non-merit factor.