Medical Lab Scientist - Stem Cell Lab - Second Shift

Duke Careers•Durham, NC

61d•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. About 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's diverse patient population 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. General Description 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. Job duties include, but are not limited, quality control, clerical tasks (EMMES data entry, patient lab file reviews, completion of CIMBTR forms, etc). ABO Typing, viability testing, sterility testing, thawing of cellular products (37°C, Dextran Albumin Thaws), and cryopreservation of autologous and allogeneic cellular products to include, but not limited to: HPC, Cord Blood, HPC, Apheresis, HPC, Marrow, MNC, Apheresis, etc. Receipt and/or distribution of incoming or outgoing NMDP cellular products using sterile techniques.

Requirements

Bachelors of Science/Bachelor of Arts in Chemical, Physical, Biological, or Clinical Laboratory Science; or Medical Technology required.
Minimum educational or experience requirements may be modified on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment) director if minimal CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment) requirements are met by the employee for the tasks being performed.
None required

Nice To Haves

Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

QC 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