Lab Assistant

About the role

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Responsibilities

• Sort, scan, and assign sequence numbers to different laboratory areas.
• Number HDL tubes for lipid laboratory.
• Process samples for testing.
• Prepare reagents and pipette/aliquot reagents under supervision.
• Label and stain hematology slides.
• Gather, dump, rinse, wash, dry, and restock glassware and consumables in the laboratory.
• Perform limited, non-complex, waived tests for review by a team member.
• Perform daily work assignments accurately and in a timely manner.

Requirements

• High / Secondary school diploma or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification.
• Technical positions may require a certificate.
• Previous experience to provide the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 1 year) or equivalent combination of education, training, & experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Effective communication skills.
• Good cooperative and collaborative skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to adhere to laboratory policies and standard operating procedures.
• Data recording skills.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment.

Working Conditions and Environment

• Work is performed in a clinical environment.
• Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms.
• Frequently stands, twists waists, squats, and bends neck for 4–6 hours per day.
• Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• Ability to make precise coordinated movements of the fingers to grasp and manipulate objects.
• Frequent mobility required.
• Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
• Moderate lifting (or otherwise movement, carrying, setting, and placement) of 15–30 lbs. with a maximum lift of 35 lbs.
• Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• May interact with others, relating and gathering sensitive information.
• Works with guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions from management.
• May require periods of intense concentration.
• Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence.
• Ability to perform under stress.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Regular and consistent attendance.

Environmental Conditions

• Laboratory setting.
• Some degree of PPE required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs, etc.).
• Will work with hazardous/toxic materials.

Schedule

Standard (Mon–Fri), approximately 8:00 AM–5:00 PM.

Pay

The hourly pay range for this position based in Virginia is $18.00–$18.54. This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy.

Benefits

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs.
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy.
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan.
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount.