Pathology Lab Coordinator I

Tempus AI · Vertical AI · Chicago, IL

This role is for a Pathology Lab Coordinator at Tempus AI, a healthcare company focused on precision medicine. The role involves coordinating between the lab, pathologists, and business teams, ensuring efficient patient testing workflows, abstracting clinical data, and serving as a liaison. It requires a 4-year degree in a biological science, prior lab experience, and strong organizational and communication skills. The company mentions AI's impact on clinical care but the role itself is not directly involved in AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work with pathologists and histotechnologists to ensure efficient patient testing workflows for clinical specimens
  2. Abstract clinical data accurately and efficiently from patient documents
  3. Support multiple workflows including pathology review and IHC review
  4. Serve as a liaison between Pathology team and other teams across Tempus
  5. Utilize creative thinking to industrialize team operational processes

Skills

Required

  • 4 year college degree, in a Biological Science, including classes in anatomy and/or molecular biology
  • Prior Pathology or Histotechnology Lab experience, with anatomy experience highly preferred
  • Knowledge of medical terminology is highly preferred
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to adapt to changing priorities while maintaining professionalism
  • Ability to communicate effectively with teams across Tempus in person and email.
  • Highly organized and systematic, superb attention to detail and ability to complete tasks with a high degree of accuracy
  • Show initiative in a fast paced environment
  • Desire to work as part of a high-level team while working independently on mission-critical tasks
  • Strong note taking skills and/or experience transcribing spoken word to text
  • General office equipment and software knowledge and computer proficiency, including Mac OS