Lab Assistant
the Client•Irving, TX
•Onsite
About The Position
Perform the daily activities as described below. The basic purpose of this role is to perform various routine laboratory functions in a precise and accurate fashion to assist the laboratory professional staff and to facilitate production.
Requirements
- Must have the ability to establish work priorities and to handle several tasks for maximum workstation efficiency
- Must be able to retain information once learned
- Must interact with other coworkers, internal and external customers with courtesy and respect
- High school diploma or equivalent (required)
- None required
Nice To Haves
- Medical assistant training (helpful)
- Math and science courses (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Sorting and receiving specimens in the department
- Performs routine instrument maintenance on some equipment
- Performs laboratory tasks of centrifuging specimens, printing extra labels, recording data (temperature charts), specimen storage and retrieval
- Preparing reagents and/or media in the department
- Preparing specimens at workstations for testing (including building worklists, aliquoting specimens into sample cups, checking specimens for clots and fibrin, inoculation, slide preparation)
- Performs QA/QC duties as assigned
- Resolves pending lists
- Finds missing samples
- Decontaminates work areas
- Performs weekly radioactive wipe tests
- Maintains files for department records
- Changes gas cylinders
- Follows all PPE requirements and all safety regulations
- Uses the laboratory computer system as well as operates PCs
- Disposes of biohazardous material
- Completes training and competency checklists as appropriate
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
