Medical Lab Scientist - Stem Cell Lab - Second Shift

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. Join us in the state-of-the-art Duke Health laboratories—College of American Pathologists accredited and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certified. Our multidisciplinary team serves the rare and complex testing needs of Duke Health patients through timely and accurate results, education, and cutting-edge diagnostic research.

About the role

Medical Lab Scientist, Advanced in the Stem Cell Lab at Duke University Hospital. This position is eligible for the second-shift differential and a $5,000 commitment bonus.

Schedule

• Monday - Friday, Second Shift: either 11:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. or 12:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• One on-call Saturday per month.

Pay

• Second-shift differential
• $5,000 commitment bonus

Responsibilities

Technical Duties

• Perform a variety of routine and complex technical tasks in laboratory tests and procedures to obtain data for disease treatment.
• Quality control and clerical tasks (EMMES data entry, patient lab file reviews, completion of CIBMTR forms, etc.).
• ABO Typing, viability testing, sterility testing, thawing of cellular products (37°C, Dextran Albumin Thaws).
• Cryopreservation of autologous and allogeneic cellular products (HPC, Cord Blood, HPC, Apheresis, HPC, Marrow, MNC, Apheresis, etc.).
• Receipt and/or distribution of incoming or outgoing NMDP cellular products using sterile techniques.
• QC on Sysmex Hematology Analyzer.
• 37°C thawing of cellular products (in STCL and on inpatient units).
• Viability testing using trypan blue (or automated method).
• ABO/Rh confirmatory testing of cellular products.
• Sterility testing of cellular products pre- and/or post-processing.
• Dextran Albumin thawing of cellular products in the STCL.
• Cryopreservation of cellular products (HPC, Apheresis, HPC, Marrow, HPC, Cord Blood, MNC, Apheresis, etc.).
• CD34+ / CD56+ selection/depletion procedures.
• Processing outgoing NMDP (Be the Match) products including CIBMTR data entry.
• Processing incoming NMDP (Be the Match) products for infusion.
• Processing of fresh, allogeneic products for cryopreservation and infusion.
• Processing of fresh, autologous products for cryopreservation and infusion.
• Disposal and documentation of cellular products approved for discard.
• Working with liquid nitrogen freezers.
• All other job-related duties deemed necessary in the laboratory.

Clerical or Administrative Duties

• STCL EMMES database data entry requirements.
• EPIC (clinical medical record used on-site).
• File Reviews required for laboratory batch records.
• Completion of quality control worksheets daily, weekly, monthly, etc.
• Filing of laboratory results in designated/secured file cabinets.
• Processing and testing of outgoing NMDP products including completion of CIBMTR data forms to meet deadlines.
• Processing and testing of incoming NMDP products for infusion.
• Processing and testing of allogeneic fresh products for infusion.

Equipment Used

• Biological safety cabinets (BSC)
• 37°C water bath
• Sysmex XN-450 hematology analyzer (or equivalent)
• BacTAlert 3D Microbiology analyzer
• 1-10 °C refrigerators
• -20°C freezers
• -80°C freezers
• Cryomed controlled rate freezing chambers
• LN2 vapor freezers
• Light microscope
• LN2 dry shippers (MVE, etc)
• Sorvall RC3C Plus refrigerated centrifuge or equivalent
• Mini-vortex
• Sebra heat sealer
• Sterile tubing welder
• Pipets
• Plasma extractor
• Digital scale
• Manual tubing stripper
• Demand 128 label printer and labeling software (DigiTrax)
• Cellometer
• Miltenyi CliniMACS
• Computers
• REES Temperature Monitoring System
• Demand ISBT 128 Labeling System for cellular products

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts in Chemical, Physical, Biological, or Clinical Laboratory Science; or Medical Technology required.
• Minimum educational or experience requirements may be modified on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the CLIA director if minimal CLIA requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Stem Cell or Blood Bank experience strongly preferred.
• ASCP certification strongly preferred.