Lab Assistant

Cynet Systems•Irving, TX

About The Position

Perform daily laboratory activities to assist laboratory professional staff and facilitate production. Perform routine laboratory functions precisely and accurately, including specimen handling and preparation, equipment maintenance, quality assurance and quality control duties, recordkeeping, and work-area decontamination.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to establish work priorities and handle several tasks to maximize workstation efficiency.
Ability to retain information once learned.
Ability to interact courteously and respectfully with coworkers, internal customers, and external customers.

Nice To Haves

Medical assistant training is helpful.
Math and science courses are preferred.

Responsibilities

Sort and receive specimens in the department.
Perform routine maintenance on designated instruments and equipment.
Centrifuge specimens, print extra labels, record data such as temperature charts, and store and retrieve specimens.
Prepare reagents and media in the department.
Prepare specimens at workstations for testing, including building worklists, aliquoting specimens into sample cups, checking specimens for clots and fibrin, inoculating, and preparing slides.
Perform assigned quality assurance and quality control duties.
Resolve pending lists and locate missing samples.
Decontaminate work areas.
Perform weekly radioactive wipe tests.
Maintain department record files.
Change gas cylinders.
Follow personal protective equipment requirements and safety regulations.
Use the laboratory computer system and operate PCs.
Dispose of biohazardous material.
Complete training and competency checklists as appropriate.