Medical Lab Scientist - Stem Cell Lab - Second Shift

Duke Careers•Durham, NC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together. Duke University Health System Clinical Laboratories Pursue your passion for caring and innovation as a team member in the state-of-the-art Duke Health laboratories. Duke Health laboratories are College of American Pathologists accredited and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certified. The multidisciplinary team is committed to serving the rare and complex testing needs of Duke Health patients by providing timely and accurate results, educating the next generation of laboratorians, scientists and physicians, and researching and developing the cutting-edge diagnostics of tomorrow. Medical Lab Scientist, Advanced in the Stem Cell Lab at Duke University Hospital. Monday - Friday, Second Shift: either 11:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. or 12:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. One on-call Saturday per month. This position is eligible for the second-shift differential and a $5,000 commitment bonus. Stem Cell or Blood Bank experience, as well as ASCP certification strongly preferred.

Requirements

Bachelors of Science/Bachelor of Arts in Chemical, Physical, Biological, or Clinical Laboratory Science; or Medical Technology required.
None required

Nice To Haves

Stem Cell or Blood Bank experience
ASCP certification

Responsibilities

Perform a variety of routine and complex technical tasks in the performance of laboratory tests and procedures to obtain data for use in the treatment of disease.
Quality control on Sysmex Hematology Analyzer
37°C thawing of cellular products (in STCL and on inpatient units)
Viability testing using trypan blue (or automated method)
ABO/Rh confirmatory testing of cellular products
Sterility testing of cellular products pre- and/or post-processing
Dextran Albumin thawing of cellular products in the STCL
Cryopreservation of cellular products (HPC, Apheresis, HPC, Marrow, HPC, Cord Blood, MNC, Apheresis, etc)
CD34+ / CD56+ selection/depletion procedures
Processing outgoing NMDP (Be the Match) products including CIBMTR data entry
Processing incoming NMDP (Be the Match) products for infusion
Processing of fresh, allogeneic products for cryopreservation, infusion
Processing of fresh, autologous products for cryopreservation, infusion
Disposal and documentation of cellular products approved for discard
Working with liquid nitrogen freezers
All other job-related duties that are deemed necessary in the laboratory.
STCL EMMES database data entry requirements
EPIC (clinical medical record used on-site)
File Reviews required for laboratory batch records
Completion of quality control worksheets daily, weekly, monthly, etc
Filing of laboratory results in designated/secured file cabinets
Processing and testing of outgoing NMDP products including completion of CIBMTR data forms to meet deadlines
Processing and testing of incoming NMDP products for infusion
Processing and testing of allogeneic fresh products for infusion