Laboratory - Medical Lab Technician

REQUIRED: 5+ years related experience. May consider less experience for a lower rate A Brief Overview: Prepare clinical specimens for laboratory testing. Receive, accession, aliquot and otherwise process specimens.

Setup, maintain, troubleshoot, and assist in validation of instruments. Take quality control measurements, including environmental, equipment/software and product quality controls.

• Prepare clinical samples and products for testing, including accessioning and processing, following laboratory protocols.
• Examples: Requires strong attention to detail to find discrepancies or missing information. Requires strict adherence to written laboratory procedures.
• Set up instruments (programming instructions, specimen and reagent placement, and labware) for automated laboratory tasks. Maintain instruments, including reagent replenishment, cleaning, and other required actions.
• Examples: Requires attention to detail to arrange instruments correctly; ability to notice potential or actual problems and take initiative to correct them.
• Prepare reagents for the lab, as requested. Change equipment supplies when needed.
• Document and transcribe quality control measures, including environmental readings for lab, equipment function checks, and isolation quality control.
• Train back-up staff as necessary. Recommend necessary changes for better workflow and coordinates implementation with supervisor. Perform additional tasks assigned by Supervisor or Laboratory Director. Respond to emergency staffing situations as requested. May be assigned to assist or substitute for other lab members. Other tasks may include (but not be limited to) ordering, receiving and stocking supplies, and laboratory maintenance.
• Maintain sample inventories, including receipt, processing, storage and disposal of samples when necessary. Update computer databases for sample storage. Fix errors in data entry.
• Examples: Must learn and use complex computer system for specimen tracking, labeling, worksheet generation.
• Observe and support good health and safety practices.
• Strictly observe privacy and security related policies, procedures and practices to preserve the integrity and confidentiality of medical and other sensitive information pertaining to donors, patients, research subjects, and employees. Act as a responsible information steward and treats information as sensitive and confidential in accordance with federal and state laws and with professional ethics, accreditation standards and legal requirements. Do not disclose protected health information inappropriately.
• May be required to enter areas where other individuals work with human blood; potential may exist for unanticipated exposure to bloodborne pathogens by splash or spill. Education

• Minimum of 2 years college education in biology or related field plus 3 years of experience in a life science or chemistry laboratory; or 4 years college education plus 1 year laboratory experience. Required Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Required experience must include hands-on experience with sample handling, quantitative chemical analysis, enzyme assays, or procedures with equivalent complexity, in addition to basic procedures such as weight and volume measurements of chemicals, reagent preparation, pipetting and centrifugation.
• Knowledge of computer use including moderately advanced Microsoft Excel (beyond simple data entry).
• Experience with operating laboratory instruments such as automated measurement instruments.
• Critical thinking and ability to implement corrective actions when needed.
• Must be able to understand and apply laboratory policies and procedures; must adhere strictly to established protocols.
• Must be highly attentive to detail and be able to handle large number of samples accurately.
• Will be required to use computer, photocopier, fax and other office equipment.
• Must communicate effectively in spoken and written English with individuals of diverse backgrounds. Licenses and

• None