Lab Assistant

Job Title: Laboratory Assistant / Specimen Processor

Summary:
Perform daily laboratory activities in a precise and accurate manner to assist professional laboratory staff and facilitate production.

Job Responsibilities:

• Sort and receive specimens in the department.

• Perform routine instrument maintenance on some equipment.

• Centrifuge specimens, print extra labels, record data (e.g., temperature charts), and handle specimen storage and retrieval.

• Prepare reagents and/or media in the department.

• 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 QA/QC duties as assigned.

• Resolve pending lists and locate missing samples.

• Decontaminate work areas.

• Perform weekly radioactive wipe tests.

• Maintain files for department records.

• Change gas cylinders as needed.

• Follow all PPE requirements and safety regulations.

• Use the laboratory computer system and operate PCs.

• Dispose of biohazardous material properly.

• Complete training and competency checklists as appropriate.

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Medical assistant training helpful.

• Math and science courses preferred.

Work Experience:

• None required.

Special Requirements:

• Ability to establish work priorities and handle several tasks efficiently at a workstation.

• Ability to retain information once learned.

• Interact with coworkers, internal, and external customers with courtesy and respect.