Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. **Job Title** **Sr. Bioskills Lab Specialist** **Working at Abbott** At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: + Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. + Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. + An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution + Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. + A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. + A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. **The Opportunity** We currently have an opportunity available for a **Sr. Bioskills Lab Specialist** to join our **Vascular** division in **New Brighton, MN** . This is a fully On-Site role. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. **The Purpose** The Sr. Bioskills Lab Specialist is responsible for planning, organizing, and tissue prepping for the Bioskills Lab. Oversee regulatory compliance and process controls and ensure necessary equipment and supplies are prepared and set-up to correspond with scheduled lab activities. This position requires travel, including weekends. **The Responsibilities** + Manage, plan and organize tissue for the Bioskills Lab operations, internal and external. + Select, manage, and evaluate tissue suppliers. + Prioritize, schedule, and monitor work to optimize operational services. + Participate in the development of educational, research programs and seeks opportunities for implementation. + Conduct and operate external cadaver labs at conferences, including ensuring shipment of supplies and management of laboratory technicians for external labs. + Maintain external lab performance metrics including, but not limited to service, quality, compliance, budget targets. + Collaborate with suppliers, lab staff and vendors to schedule, prepare, and implement educational events and obtain needed supplies. + Oversee regulatory compliance and process controls, ensuring appropriate compliance per regulatory guidelines. + Supervise safety and security of lab, storage areas and equipment. + Ensure necessary equipment and supplies are prepared, set-up and turned over to correspond with lab schedule + Develop Standard Operating Procedures for the Lab, internal and external labs + Oversees proper handling of cadavers, including the arrangement of appropriate transportation, preparation and disposition. + Prepares cadavers for procedures and assists physicians during procedures, as needed. + Maintains the lab and equipment including, but not limited ensuring equipment calibration and cleanliness of the lab, equipment and instruments and having an adequate inventory of supplies on-hand. + Operate medical equipment such as C-arm fluoroscopy and ultrasound machines. + Plans, directs, creates and communicates lab activity timelines. + Gathers input from cross-functional teams and creates plans that help the team produce deliverables on schedule. + Ensures consistency of clinical labs and processes across projects. + Oversees and resolves operational aspects of the lab in conjunction with project teams and in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOP) and good clinical practice (GCP). + Ensures labs are conducted within clinical lab protocols. + Monitors progress and follows up with team members and line managers when issues develop. **Required Qualifications** + Associate's degree + Minimum 5 years' experience + Experience as a Laboratory Technician or Surgical Technologist or other clinical setting preferred. + Experience handling cadaveric tissue. **Preferred Qualifications** + CTBS Certification Apply Now (https://www.jobs.abbott/us/en) **Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:** www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx) Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal. The base pay for this position is $75,300.00 – $150,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. An Equal Opportunity Employer Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com