R&D Technician I

ARUP Laboratories Career•Salt Lake City, UT

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About The Position

The R&D Technician I provides technical and non-technical services in laboratory service areas. The position works under the direction of an R&D Manager or Supervisor and may handle data and samples, prepare specimens and reagents, manage glassware and supplies, and assist with quality control and equipment tasks. The technician follows departmental procedures for specimen handling and run setup, maintains a clean and safe work area, and begins supervised training on complex processes and procedures. ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. ARUP describes its culture as committed to accountability, integrity, service, excellence, diversity, professional growth, and continuous development.

Responsibilities

Perform and document quality control and equipment maintenance.
Understand appropriate specimen collection, handling, and transport.
Retrieve and de-identify specimens accurately according to departmental procedures.
Notify the appropriate supervisor or designated individual about specimens meeting rejection criteria and resolve issues as directed.
Prepare, organize, and review specimens for run setup according to departmental procedures.
Ensure accurate sample orders.
Maintain a clean work area; clean benchtops and equipment after spills and at the end of the work shift as required.
Begin training, under supervision, on complex processes and procedures within the group.
Assist others in areas of defined competency when assigned workload is complete.
Comply with laboratory safety and biohazard regulations, data security and confidentiality principles, ethical standards, and ARUP policies and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.