Laboratory Assistant
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Pay Range: $12.20hr - $17.20hr
Job Overview:
Perform daily laboratory activities to assist professional laboratory staff and support efficient workflow. The candidate will execute various routine laboratory functions in a precise and accurate manner.
Job Requirements:
- Sort and receive specimens in the department.
- Perform routine instrument maintenance on select equipment.
- Perform laboratory tasks including centrifuging specimens, printing additional labels, recording temperature charts, and managing specimen storage and retrieval.
- Prepare reagents and media for department use.
- Prepare specimens at workstations for testing, including building worklists, aliquoting specimens into sample cups, checking for clots and fibrin, inoculation, and slide preparation.
- Perform assigned QA/QC duties.
- Resolve pending lists and locate missing samples.
- Decontaminate work areas.
- Perform weekly radioactive wipe tests.
- Maintain department record files.
- Replace gas cylinders as needed.
- Follow all PPE requirements and safety regulations.
- Utilize the laboratory computer system and operate PCs.
- Dispose of biohazardous material appropriately.
- Complete training and competency checklists as required.
Education:
High school diploma or equivalent required. Medical assistant training is helpful, and coursework in math and science is preferred.
Work Experience:
None required.
Special Requirements:
- Ability to establish work priorities and manage multiple tasks to maximize workstation efficiency.
- Ability to retain information once learned.
- Ability to interact professionally and respectfully with coworkers, internal partners, and external customers.
Due to nature of job The candidate must have Ability to lift 50 lbs boxes.