Quality Control Technician

Medical Diagnostic Laboratories • Hamilton Township, NJ

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, L.L.C. (MDL), a CLIA-certified clinical laboratory, is seeking a Quality Control Technician to join its Quality Control team at its corporate office in Hamilton, New Jersey. The role performs accessioning checks and analyzes and verifies clinical laboratory results.

The technician checks requisitions, assesses the accuracy of specimen information in the laboratory information system (LIS), identifies and records discrepancies, and provides discrepancy reports to the appropriate department for corrective action. The role also analyzes, enters, and verifies results from tests including real-time PCR, conventional PCR, Western blots, ELISA, IFA, and antibiotic resistance testing. The technician identifies specimens requiring repeat or additional testing and communicates testing issues or pending results to laboratory personnel. Patient privacy must be maintained at all times, and other similar or related duties may be assigned.

The position is performed in a business-casual office environment with usually mild to moderate noise. It involves extended periods of sitting at a desk, as well as typing and communicating errors or issues. Physical activities include sitting, handling or feeling objects, reaching, talking, hearing, standing, and walking. The employee must regularly lift or move up to 5 pounds and occasionally up to 20 pounds. Close, distance, and color vision and the ability to focus are required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Medical Technology, Biology, Microbiology, or a related science field.
• Basic computer literacy.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to meet the physical requirements described, including extended desk sitting, typing, communication, and occasional lifting or moving of up to 20 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• LIS experience.
• Previous quality control experience.
• Familiarity with PCR methods, Molecular Biology, Bacteriology, or Virology.

Responsibilities

• Perform accessioning checks for requisitions sent to the clinical laboratory.
• Assess the accuracy of specimen information entered into the LIS and identify accessioning discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate records of discrepancies and provide reports to the appropriate department for corrective action.
• Analyze, enter, and verify clinical laboratory results, including results from real-time PCR, conventional PCR, Western blots, ELISA, IFA, and antibiotic resistance testing.
• Identify samples requiring repeat or additional testing to ensure accurate results.
• Communicate testing issues and pending results to laboratory personnel.
• Maintain patient privacy.
• Perform other similar or related duties as required or assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Life insurance.
• Dependent care flexible spending account.
• Voluntary policies, including accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and supplemental short-term disability.
• Legal plan and identity theft protection.
• 401(k) plan.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Credit union.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time