Lab Assistant

Perform daily routine laboratory activities in a precise and accurate manner to support laboratory professional staff and facilitate production.

• Sort and receive specimens within the department.

• Centrifuge specimens.

• Print extra labels as needed.

• Record data, including temperature charts.

• Store and retrieve specimens.

• Prepare reagents and/or media.

• Prepare specimens at workstations for testing, including building worklists, aliquoting specimens into sample cups, checking specimens for clots and fibrin, inoculation, and slide preparation.

• Perform routine instrument maintenance on designated equipment.

• Perform QA/QC duties as assigned.

• Resolve pending lists and locate missing samples.

• Decontaminate work areas.

• Perform weekly radioactive wipe tests.

• Maintain departmental records and files.

• Change gas cylinders.

• Follow all PPE requirements and safety regulations.

• Operate laboratory computer systems and PCs.

• Dispose of biohazardous materials.

• Complete required training and competency checklists.

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

• Medical assistant training preferred.

• Math and science coursework preferred.

• No prior experience required.

• Ability to establish work priorities and manage multiple tasks efficiently.

• Strong ability to retain learned information.

• Professional and courteous interaction with coworkers and internal and external customers.