Legal Question in Criminal Law in Minnesota

I was charged with 3 felony counts of controlled substance in 2004. 2 of the felonies were dropped and 1 was left with a stay of adjudication.(Before this I had no criminal background.) I was sentenced to 40 hours of community service and probation 1-5 years. My probation officer signed me off after 1 year and I was suppose to be 'free'. I was offered a job at a hospital in an entry level postion in kitchen, which i was required to have a background check done. The only thing that showed up on my background check was a minor consumption charge from 8 years ago. I was offered the positon and have been there for 2 1/2 years. I was recently just offered a different positon within the same hospital but it will have patient contact. Human Services of this hospital offered the positon to me and when I accepted he said another background study/check would have to be done because it is now considered a 'patient contact' position. I contacted the court house and my lawyer that represented me for this case and he did a background check on me and found nothing but my minor consumption. The court house gave me a website to check MNCourts and nothing was found on my record except the minor consumption. I was charged with the felony in 2004, but was NOT convicted because of the stay of judication. The background check that I needed to have done for patient contact is through Minnesota Department of Health. I am really worried that this oppurtunity for me to be successful in a career is in jeopardy because of mistakes made in my past. I have been clean from ALL drugs since this happened. Will my past felony charge show up on my record even though it has not shown up on a 'free' background check with MNcourts.gov and also did not show up when my lawyer's secretary did a background check on me?

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