Lab Associate

Location: Aliso Viejo, CA

Schedule

• Tuesday - Saturday from 8:00am - 4:30pm (5 days, 8-hour shift)
• Wednesday - Saturday from 2:00pm - 12:30am (4 days, 10-hour shift)

Pay

$23/hour

About the role

The Laboratory Associate is responsible for following all standard operating procedures of the laboratory and adhering to all quality regulations. Additionally, the Laboratory Associate may be assigned duties by the Lab Manager, Lab Supervisor, and other Clinical Laboratory Operations Leadership for the advancement or maintenance of the laboratory. The role involves laboratory functions that do not directly involve the manipulation of patient samples or products generated from patient samples.

Responsibilities

• Follow all procedures and protocols pertaining to patient sample processing, pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical testing and general laboratory systems that do not directly involve the manipulation of patient samples or products generated from patient samples.
• Adhere to all Quality regulations (CAP, CLIA & New York State) and ensure all training and competency forms are complete.
• Perform biological specimen patient preparation, labeling, handling, preservation or fixation, processing or preparation, and transportation and storage of specimens.
• Transcribe results that have been previously recorded automatically by a testing instrument.
• Maintain laboratory safety by ensuring work area is safe and clean prior to work and after work and noting hazardous problems for prompt and proper repair.
• Assist in pulling and filing primers, reagents, and samples for trainees and licensed techs without manipulating the samples or compromising their integrity.
• Assist with any clerical duties that may be assigned by Lab Management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) or higher.
• 0-2 years of clinical laboratory experience, preferably in molecular.
• Entry-level experience with wet lab and analysis.

Skills

• Technical knowledge of laboratory testing and terminology is desirable.
• Capable of excelling within a team environment.
• Ability to accomplish workload and additional projects daily.
• Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to cross-reference information.
• Ability to prioritize work, telephone skills, computer skills, and working knowledge of standard office equipment (computers, printers, fax machines, phone systems, office software, and internet).
• Flexibility regarding job assignments.
• Ability to read and interpret documents, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively one-to-one, in group settings, with clients, vendors, and employees of the organization.
• Basic math skills: ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.