Lab Technician (Tissue Culture)

GeneDx•Gaithersburg, MD

4h•$23 - $26

About The Position

GeneDx (Nasdaq: WGS) delivers personalized and actionable health insights to inform diagnosis, direct treatment, and improve drug discovery. The company is uniquely positioned to accelerate the use of genomic and large-scale clinical information to enable precision medicine as the standard of care. GeneDx is at the forefront of transforming healthcare through its industry-leading exome and genome testing and interpretation services, fueled by the world’s largest, rare disease data sets. For more information, please visit www.genedx.com. Summary The Lab Technician for OneLab, performs an entry level role in the testing of clinical DNA specimens for the purpose of diagnosing genetic disease, using manual and automated methods in a team environment, and following established policies and procedures, in a professional manner. This position will support the DNA Extraction team with tissue culture workflows. Shift: Tues-Sat 1:30pm-10:00pm. Pay: evening and weekend differential available as part of compensation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in medical technology, laboratory science, or in one of the chemistry, physical, or biological sciences and meets CLIA, CAP, and New York State CLEP personnel standards criteria.
Mathematical, computer, reasoning, and language skills at the professional level.

Nice To Haves

The ideal applicant has 1-3 years of experience in tissue culture utilizing aseptic technique to process a variety of tissue specimens for culturing and extraction.
Considered a plus if applicant has cytogenetic tissue culture experience with set up and maintenance of chorionic villi and products of conception tissues.
Also considered a plus if applicant is certified as a Technologist in Cytogenetics through the Board of Certification of the American Society for Clinical Pathologists [CG(ASCP)].

Responsibilities

Learns and follows the established standard operating procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analysis, record-keeping, and reporting of results to team leads, supervisors and test managers, where such tests require the exercise of limited independent judgment and responsibility.
Adheres to quality control policies; documents all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations, reagent preparation and testing, and instrument maintenance performed.
Identifies problems that may adversely affect test performance, takes authorized corrective actions, and notifies key individuals.
Detects when test performance is not within acceptable levels. Documents all corrective action.
Always be able to document that proficiency testing is performed in the same manner as patient testing.
Meets or exceeds target workload with high accuracy and attention to detail.
Other duties may be assigned