Job Title: Lab Assistant
Job Location: Irving, TX
Duration: 3+ Months
Shift Schedule: Tuesday – Saturday 2p – 10:30p
Summary:
Perform various routine laboratory functions in a precise and accurate fashion to assist the laboratory professional staff and facilitate production.
Responsibilities:
- Sorting and receiving specimens in the department.
- Performing routine instrument maintenance on some equipment.
- Performing laboratory tasks such as centrifuging specimens, printing extra labels, recording data (temperature charts), specimen storage, and retrieval.
- Preparing reagents and/or media in the department.
- Preparing specimens at workstations for testing, including building worklists, aliquoting specimens into sample cups, checking specimens for clots and fibrin, inoculation, and slide preparation.
- Performing QA/QC duties as assigned.
- Resolving pending lists.
- Finding missing samples.
- Decontaminating work areas.
- Performing weekly radioactive wipe tests.
- Maintaining files for department records.
- Changing gas cylinders.
- Following all PPE requirements and safety regulations.
- Using the laboratory computer system as well as operating PCs.
- Disposing of biohazardous material.
- Completing training and competency checklists as appropriate.
Required Skills:
- High school diploma or equivalent; medical assistant training helpful.
- Math and science courses preferred.
- Ability to establish work priorities and handle several tasks for maximum workstation efficiency.
- Ability to retain information once learned.
- Interaction with coworkers, internal and external customers with courtesy and respect.