Lab Assistant

• Perform various routine laboratory functions in a precise and accurate fashion, to assist the laboratory professional staff and to facilitate production.
• Functions may include Sorting, and receiving specimens in the department, Performing routine instrument maintenance on some equipment.
• Performing laboratory tasks of centrifuging specimens, printing extra labels, recording data (temperature charts) specimen storage and retrieval.
• Preparing reagents and our 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, 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 all safety regulations; Using the laboratory computer system as well as operating PCs; Disposing of biohazardous material.
• Completing training and competency checklists as appropriate. 0-6 months of lab experience 

Last updated on Oct 4, 2023