Lab Assistant - $19.50

This full-time position works 5 days a week on 1st shift (5:00 AM to 1:30 PM), including rotating weekends and holidays. When hours are worked on weekends, the position includes a $4.50 per hour shift differential.

Responsibilities

• Receives and processes samples to determine suitability
• Prepares and maintains laboratory records and blood shipping forms
• Issues blood and blood components
• Inspects blood units returned from hospitals and determines suitability
• Maintains component inventory to include recall and inventory lookback
• Centrifuges whole blood to produce various components
• Modifies blood components
• Performs unregulated laboratory testing such as pH and bacterial culturing
• Performs quality control as directed
• Participates in the ongoing monitoring for each testing process to identify errors or potential problems leading to errors and takes effective and preventive corrective actions when indicated
• Cleans and maintains laboratory equipment, supplies, and laboratory
• Utilizes computer system to obtain necessary data

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Prior blood bank or laboratory experience preferred
• Ability to report to work during a disaster, public health emergency, or other catastrophic event
• Ability to organize work for timely completion
• Ability to follow complex oral and written instructions
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Ability to read, write, and speak English effectively
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
• Basic computer skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Skill in operating office equipment

Physical Requirements

• Ability to periodically perform moderately physically demanding work, usually involving lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling moderately heavy objects and materials (up to 50 pounds). Tasks that require moving objects of significant weight require the assistance of another person and/or use of proper techniques and moving equipment.
• Tasks may involve some climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, prolonged sitting, or standing.

Environmental Requirements

• Functions are regularly performed inside and/or outside with potential for exposure to adverse conditions, such as inclement weather, atmospheric elements, and pathogenic substances.
• Performance of this job could expose the employee to blood-borne pathogens.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.