Lab Assistant - Serology

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

5d•$20 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

Mayo Clinic is a top-ranked healthcare provider dedicated to putting patients first and investing in its employees with competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits. The laboratory assistant role involves receiving, verifying, processing, and storing biological specimens such as blood and urine. This position also includes performing clerical duties, pre-analytic processing, maintaining supply inventory, filing, stocking, receiving shipments, cleaning, and utilizing various computer information systems daily. This vacancy is not eligible for sponsorship, visa transfers, or F-1 STEM OPT extension. Employees hired for this position must complete 2 years in the role before becoming eligible to transfer to other positions within Mayo Clinic.

Requirements

A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
Ability to accurately read specimen labels and work with numbers to prevent mislabeling.
Must be organized, able to prioritize and work in a fast-paced environment.
Must possess good human relations skills and be able to communicate effectively both orally and in written form.
Must be able to work independently as well as in a team environment.
Must be able to accommodate scheduling adjustments, off-shifts, holiday, and weekend work assignments.
Requires the ability to be attentive to details and to adhere to strict safety requirements for handling chemicals, reagents and infectious agents.
Foreign trained lab personnel to provide a detailed equivalency High School evaluation to include US equivalent degree at the applicant's expense.
DLMP employees that have been in their current lab/position less than 2 years must attach early release approval from their supervisor.
Non-DLMP internal applicants that have been in their current department/position for less than one year must attach early release approval from the supervisor.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of laboratory functions, medical terminology, a background in science and 1-2 years medical experience is preferred but not required.
Previous experience or knowledge of computers and keyboarding, telephone operations and other office equipment desired.

Responsibilities

Responsible for biological specimen receipt, identification verification, processing, and storage.
Perform a variety of clerical and pre-analytic processing duties.
Maintain supply inventory.
Filing, stocking, and receiving shipments.
Cleaning laboratory areas.
Work with various computer information systems on a daily basis.